Penultimate advent matcha sampler tasting! Full packet wisked in plain oat milk, cold.
I really liked this one! It was really speaking “salted caramel” to me from the dry aroma, which became stronger once wisked. This is another one where the sweetness works in its favor, and it had a very sweet, buttery taste, and it really was giving me melted caramel vibes. As an added bonus, despite being a very strong, sweet, and pronounced flavor, this was one of the few where I was getting a mild vegetal/grassy matcha aftertaste.
I had tried Lupicia’s Caramel Matcha Au Lait in the past, and this is hands down way better than that one. It was quite lack luster and nothing about it really “tasted” like caramel, it was just sort of sweet and creamy (though it did have a more pronounced matcha flavor to it, as well).
This is another one that works well to me as a latte, but I’m not sure what kind of mileage I’d get from it as a smoothie; I am going to try to whip up something for tomorrow morning using dates, oats, a strong infusion of apple chai green tea, and almond butter, but I only got the dates and oats soaking on my lunch break and will have to wait until tonight to put the whole smoothie together to see how it goes.
Flavors: Butter, Caramel, Creamy, Grass, Salty, Sweet, Vegetal
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We always end up with lots of extra dried fruit after Chinese New Year. Your smoothie descriptions have inspired me to try to use some up with your style of smoothies! Looking forward to giving it a try in a few weeks!
I had never given them a thought because a) I have no cooking abilities whatsoever so b) I have to use recipes as a result and c) every smoothie recipe ever has banana in it (and I’m sure everyone on this site knows how I feel about bananas by now). But I had gorbs of old matcha I needed to use up, so I just started experimenting until I found simple (non-banana) combos that worked for me. Now it’s just habit for me to have one waiting in the fridge for breakfast!
We always end up with lots of extra dried fruit after Chinese New Year. Your smoothie descriptions have inspired me to try to use some up with your style of smoothies! Looking forward to giving it a try in a few weeks!
I had never given them a thought because a) I have no cooking abilities whatsoever so b) I have to use recipes as a result and c) every smoothie recipe ever has banana in it (and I’m sure everyone on this site knows how I feel about bananas by now). But I had gorbs of old matcha I needed to use up, so I just started experimenting until I found simple (non-banana) combos that worked for me. Now it’s just habit for me to have one waiting in the fridge for breakfast!