Iced Latte Sipdown (2624)!
This was a stick pack of matcha that my coworkers brought me back from Expo West earlier in the year. I ended up using it to make an iced latte with some almond milk, and honestly it was very good. Instead of cane sugar, which is the sweetener in most of Aiya’s sweetened product offerings, this has stevia in it. That made me a little nervous but, at least when prepared in this manner, I didn’t feel like the matcha had that unpleasantly lingering artificial sweet taste at all. Instead this was very smooth and creamy with a fresh, buttery umami profile. Quite flavourful!
I do think I still prefer the taste of a cane sugar sweetened matcha, but if you’re sugar sensitive then I think this is a pretty viable alternative!