Joy's Teaspoon

Second taster note on this; changed-up my approach.

Except for days when I require something stronger and maltier, I turn to matcha as my morning pick-up. That every-other-day-task has fallen on Joy’s Izu Matcha. It does what its supposed to and still tastes good. I’m apt to add that it actually fizzes up nicely when paired with 170F water as opposed to the usual 165F. When I’m in a hurry, that’s what I default to. That adds a bit of texture to an otherwise zesty cup.

Full Review: http://www.teaviews.com/2010/12/22/review-joy%E2%80%99s-teaspoon-izu-matcha/

White it isn’t the vibrant, radioactive green bubble-frenzy that is top quality ceremonial matcha…this is a very tasty sibling. The texture is smooth, the flavor is sweetly vegetal in a seaweed-like sense, and there is no bitter finish. For a man of little means – like me – this is a good mid-grade money’s worth o’ matcha.

Tastes like a black and a little oolong and lemon and a little basil…YUM! Upping rating!!!!

I was having a hard time adding this one to Steepster – it was saying it was already there but no matter what I did to search for it by name or by company it wasn’t popping up so that is why I added (black) to the name…sorry if this is a problem.

I guess I can make the connection with the name of this because it DOES remind me of a Summer field or meadow! :)

the taste is of black tea, basil, and a hint of lemony goodness…but only a hint. This is nice if you get the chance to try it!

This one is definitely getting bought again in the future…
The jasmine isn’t too intense and overall it’s just sweet, floral, and medium bodied.
Awesome =D

Chai is always good…. yuummmm
I made this using the stove method since I was home. There were some minor mishaps since I’m not a cook but it came out nice! =)

I’m not a huge fan of black tea but I enjoyed this one. It had a certain spicy-ness to it that was pretty great.

Even though this tea has sencha, the black tea dominates and the only thing the sencha did was maybe make the black tea less strong. My family really enjoyed it =)

Upping my rating.
Why is Joy so awesome. Out of all the tea I’ve tasted in the past half a year since I started the addiction, I know I’m sticking with this company.
(They make the best spiced teas!!! yummm)
Also in my order with this tea was a huge chunk of spicy chai, sun kissed jasmine, and a bit of spicy pear. And now they carry ayuverdic blends! aahhhh!!!

THIS SMELLS DIVINE!
It also tastes awesome too.

This tea was really similar to sunny passion except that it seems to focus more on one flavor: pineapple. This is another refreshing and very enjoyable tea. I need to decide whether I want to order this or sunny passion! Flavored green teas = yum.