New matcha teas!
I’ve been waiting for this collection of matcha for what feels like forever. Seriously; I’ve been sitting on the knowledge these bad boys were coming since Christmas!
Lets get the obvious out of the way – I’m not thrilled they have added cane sugar. However, at this point I would be even more surprised if that wasn’t the case. I’m just gonna have to accept that DT thinks the typical consumer couldn’t handle these flavoured matches without the sweetener. It is what it is.
So, I tried all of the new matchas as lattes because that’s generally just how I drink my matcha regardless of where I’m getting it from. I did the other two iced, but for whatever reason I opted to do this one hot. I’m not sure why the difference, honestly. Of the three flavours, this was the one I was kind of ‘in the middle’ excited for. I expected it to be nice, but probably rather mild/mellow. However, it’s without a doubt the best of all three new ones. In fact, I think it’s my favourite matcha that DT has ever carried. I even bought 80g of it on the launch day because I just needed to make sure I had some for at home.
So, this is sweet. That’s to be expected.
However, it’s also REALLY vibrant and intense. The honeydew is anything but mellow; it’s juicy and sweet and reminds me exactly of the taste of overripe honeydew. I can practically feel the juices running down my chin from taking a big ass bite. The brilliance of the melon flavour makes me think of Honeydew Mate, another REALLY juicy and tasty honeydew tea offered by DAVIDsTEA that I’d love to see a return of. I just think that this is bottom line kind of the epitome of summer flavours, and I’m really, really instantly smitten with it. The flavour is just so well done, and while I’d love to lose the cane sugar it doesn’t work well with the whole “super ripe honeydew” flavour kind of thing.
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
