Hello Steepster, long time no see! I’ve been really busy at work lately, and had to work overtime quite a few times this past week. So this is the first time I’m actually sitting down at my desktop to do some catching up on my various websites.
I received a gift card to DAVIDsTEA over the holidays, and last weekend I decided to go cash it in for something I haven’t tried before. And that’s how I ended up walking out of the store with a bag of this matcha and their handheld matcha frother (which is essentially just a milk frother with a stand-up holder; link, in case you are wondering about this marvelous contraption: https://www.davidstea.com/ca_en/handheld-matcha-frother)
The milk frother was only $12 surprisingly, and I’m quite happy with how it performs. I just use it to mix up the matcha while I warm up some milk, then dump it in the cup, froth the milk up and viola! Homemade matcha latte with foam. To be honest, almost milk is not the greatest at making foam, but I’ve had some successful attempts. Other times were mostly just bubbles that went away in a minute.
The matcha itself is pretty average. I mean, DAVIDs had three different ones to choose from. They all smelled pretty much the same to me, but this one reminded me of the one I used to get at Starbucks the most so I just decided to go with something more familiar to start with. I mean, it tastes good when I make the latte so no complaints there. I don’t think my matcha palette is evolved enough to be able to criticize any more anyway.
For the milk I first tried regular almost milk, which was pretty ok but lacked some sweetness that I like in my matcha lattes. So I tried switching to vanilla almond milk and that did the trick! I usually use a bit more matcha than is recommended on the instructions (1 tsp instead of .5 tsp) because I find the latte to be very weak with just half a teaspoon. I guess I’m used to making my teas strong? I’ve been enjoying these for the past few days. I’m glad they are quite easy to make, or else I’m afraid I couldn’t be bothered, coming home tired from work and all.
My tea trade thread has been updated, by the way! Maryelle, you shall be receiving your teas shortly. :)
Do you mean regular almond milk? I’m loving the potential Freudian slip though ;)
HAHA that’s amazing! My poor almost-milk… nice catch though! I think I will keep it. XD