Bird & Blend Matcha Advent Calendar – Day 5
Yay, a full mini-tin today! And I can definitely get behind orange matcha, in fact I’ll probably prefer it to the more dessert-y ones which often taste artificial to me. Prepared as a matcha milk with 1 teaspoon of matcha to 8 ounces of plain soy milk.
The flavor of this actually reminds me of marmalade, which is not what I was expecting. It’s a somewhat tart orange flavor combined with the slightly bitterness of orange peel. I will say the amount of flavoring is more balanced here than in some of their other flavors, but of course the base is still disappointingly weak to me. I can taste it a little bit here, but only if I think about it. I feel like they should call this one “Marmalade Matcha”.
From the Bonne Maman advent, today I have Grapefruit-Dragon Fruit (Pamplemousse-Fruit du Dragon) spread. What an unusual jam – both flavors I wouldn’t expect to see. Technically this one is actually more of a jelly, there doesn’t appear to be any peel or chunks of fruit. It’s a pretty coral color in the jar.
It’s actually really tasty. I’m not sure I get dragonfruit – but it is like a sweeter and less bitter grapefruit. Yummy. I would totally buy this if it were a normal offering. Unfortunately, I think all of these advent jams are exclusive to the calendar…
Flavors: Bitter, Jam, Orange, Orange Zest, Tart
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Your jam calendar sounds so tasty oh my gosh!
Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/Bonne-Maman-2018-Advent-Calendar/dp/B071YZ1HK8
You should get one next year! I think it was something like $30 or so, but it sold out really fast on Amazon. I was lucky to have found one locally after it’d sold out online. ❤
I need to try matcha with soymilk. All these years I either have it two ways: Straight or if the matcha tastes icky, I put it in smoothies.
I really should probably try it straight more often… What ratio of matcha:water do you generally use?
I always prepare it “ceremonial style”, 2 tsp, sift it through a fine sieve, add a ~2oz of 185F water, whisk it, add about 2-3 oz of water, whisk to froth.
That sounds a bit hardcore for me, ha ha…
hehe If you get a really high-quality matcha, it’s very smooth but otherwise, it can be very very harsh and in it goes to the smoothies haha. Found a good video for you to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM70nOceth8
The orange matcha is one of the ones I’ve always wanted to try.
@Mastress Alita – I’ll send you the remainder of the mini-tin with your Mulled Wine Magic! But it’s more orange peel than orange.
@Kawaii – Maybe I’ll start off with 8 ounces of water instead of soy milk… Baby steps!
Cameron, sounds good hehe. What you can do is follow that youtube video and put in soymilk. Lots of people I know put heavy cream and sugar in it after it is made and not drink it straight.
I was going to ask a link to the jams, but AJ beat me to it. :D
If I can get a higher paying job by next winter, I may have to do it!
Your jam calendar sounds so tasty oh my gosh!
Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/Bonne-Maman-2018-Advent-Calendar/dp/B071YZ1HK8
You should get one next year! I think it was something like $30 or so, but it sold out really fast on Amazon. I was lucky to have found one locally after it’d sold out online. ❤
I need to try matcha with soymilk. All these years I either have it two ways: Straight or if the matcha tastes icky, I put it in smoothies.
I really should probably try it straight more often… What ratio of matcha:water do you generally use?
I always prepare it “ceremonial style”, 2 tsp, sift it through a fine sieve, add a ~2oz of 185F water, whisk it, add about 2-3 oz of water, whisk to froth.
That sounds a bit hardcore for me, ha ha…
hehe If you get a really high-quality matcha, it’s very smooth but otherwise, it can be very very harsh and in it goes to the smoothies haha. Found a good video for you to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM70nOceth8
The orange matcha is one of the ones I’ve always wanted to try.
@Mastress Alita – I’ll send you the remainder of the mini-tin with your Mulled Wine Magic! But it’s more orange peel than orange.
@Kawaii – Maybe I’ll start off with 8 ounces of water instead of soy milk… Baby steps!
Cameron, sounds good hehe. What you can do is follow that youtube video and put in soymilk. Lots of people I know put heavy cream and sugar in it after it is made and not drink it straight.
I was going to ask a link to the jams, but AJ beat me to it. :D
If I can get a higher paying job by next winter, I may have to do it!