Bird & Blend Matcha Advent Calendar – Day 17
Ugh, after some grueling travel involving plane cancellations and unplanned overnight hotel stays, I’m finally back home… Thank goodness.
I expect that I won’t like this “matcha”, since I’m not a big turmeric fan, so I’m only preparing a half-size portion using a half teaspoon of the powder and 4 ounces of soy milk.
It’s interesting to say the least. The turmeric is the strongest flavor, and I find it to be quite earthy. There’s also sweet cinnamon, which does helps to curb the turmeric a little bit. But then there’s also some strong ginger and/or black pepper, which gives it a bit of a spicy aftertaste. Even prepared with milk, it’s quite strong on the spice.
Not for me! But I already knew that would be the case, so no biggie.
The Bonne Maman jam for today is Pineapple-Passion Fruit (Ananas-Fruit de la Passion) spread. Yum, this one is delicious! It’s very pineapple-y with just a touch of passion fruit in there. Sweet and luscious and yummy! It reminds me of candied pineapple a bit, but with a more juicy flavor.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Earth, Ginger, Spicy, Sweet
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I actually like those powdered turmerics with sweet milk, particularly coconut milk — the coconut flavor compliments the turm nicely. I had this chai blend that was a powdered turm and tons of ginger and burned my freaking mouth off, I thought it was awful, one of the worst teas I’d ever tried, and then one day I tried infusing it “cocoa” or “matcha” style in coconut milk and straining it (making “Golden Milk” essentially) and it was fantastic, because the coconut milk is so sweet that it tamed the turm/ginger so it wasn’t an intolerable spice bomb.
This jam has been the most intriguing this far. Also you should check out Kitten and the Bear if you ever get the chance. Their jams are quite delicious!
I actually like those powdered turmerics with sweet milk, particularly coconut milk — the coconut flavor compliments the turm nicely. I had this chai blend that was a powdered turm and tons of ginger and burned my freaking mouth off, I thought it was awful, one of the worst teas I’d ever tried, and then one day I tried infusing it “cocoa” or “matcha” style in coconut milk and straining it (making “Golden Milk” essentially) and it was fantastic, because the coconut milk is so sweet that it tamed the turm/ginger so it wasn’t an intolerable spice bomb.
This jam has been the most intriguing this far. Also you should check out Kitten and the Bear if you ever get the chance. Their jams are quite delicious!