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“I actually forgot I had this because matcha isn’t my favourite. Thanks to Cameron mentioning her order of the DT Matcha Advent, I remembered this was in my cupboard and made it into a matcha latte...” Read full tasting note
“I had this as part of a cold matcha late with soy milk before bed time. Late cravings for it after polishing off two naughty slices of triple chocolate shortbread (which was amazing, best I have...” Read full tasting note
“I like matcha. I decided that since I couldn’t really judge the flavor of the Bavarian Cream I had yesterday, I should sample some plain matcha so that in the future, I will have a reference...” Read full tasting note
“Having recently bought a traditional kit to whisk matcha, I had only so far tried one kind of matcha, DT’s organic standard one, which is fairly cheap. Since I don’t have enough comparison points,...” Read full tasting note
Shhhh, it’s top secret.
We can’t tell you where we get it. But we can tell you it’s delicious. How do we know? Because it’s from Japan’s premier producer in the legendary Aichi Prefecture, and it’s a custom organic blend just for us. Delicately smooth and creamy, with a refreshing green “tea leaf” character, its flavour is totally sublime. A delicious daily luxury on its own, this matcha can also bring lattes, cocktails, milkshakes, and cookies to the next level. Remember, you don’t steep this tea. You whisk it, froth it, mix it, and then… you enjoy it.
As of October 2023 this tea is Organic
DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.
Whisked this up for a little bit of an extra push to get through the last stretch of the week! I whisked this up extra thick for what is a super fresh, super velvety little bowl of umami bliss. As the most naturally creamy of all DT’s straight matchas, this is by far my favourite. Plus all that fresh, buttery and unctuous flavour makes it ideal for the koicha treatment!
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4RRiI2Oc6c/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXZZ20Nqc5k
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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
Superanna brought me what is commonly known as a “big ol’ honkin’ bag” of this after her trip to Minnesota. I also got the most adorable box of David’s Tea minis. It looks like a chocolate box, but I am even happier with a tea box! Thank you, Superanna! And there wee a couple of other teas, too, that I haven’t even logged yet.
We whipped this up last night and I am having more today. It is so easy to get a good froth on this. I used a little over 1/2 tsp of match in six ounces of water at about 160F. I sifted the matcha into my bowl, poured a wee bit of water and made a paste with my whisk, then added more water and whipped it. The color is rather dark, deep green without brown tint.
This is really creamy and smooth, yet it still has that nice after bite. It isn’t sour or astringent, but has a lingering flavor or grass and what we decided is accurately being called bamboo. Go eat some bamboo shoots in your Asian takeout if you are like us and bamboo taste didn’t pop into your head immediately on reading the description!
Now I am all matcha’ed up and ready to teach this afternoon.
Guess I need to get my wish list ready for Gurman’s in Dublin before she leaves in a month again! :D
6 oz is a bit too much water and 1/2 a teaspoon is not enough tea. Ideally you want a bit less than a shot glass and a flat teaspoon. I have yet to try this one, yet. I did go through 100g of David’s Ceremonial Matcha. This one is about 68% of the price, when buying a 250 g package. If you like bamboo you can watch a whole NHK program on it. It’s sold at Tsukiji market in Tokyo (or wherever now) and chefs use the differing properties of the same root. Anyways, if you enjoy this matcha go with it. Spending more won’t necessarily bring you more happiness. You might be able to get Cereminial on sale.
I own a lot of matcha and drink it almost every day. I guess I just prefer it weaker than most people. :) My favorite is KaiMatcha Premium followed by Tanabata from Red Leaf. Under that falls this one, DoMatcha, etc…the commonly available ones. We drink it hot or shaken in old water, with the rare latte. Thanks for the tip about it, though!
*Cold water not old water! LOL
Yeah MOM geez. Lol
So, it turns out that my usual stir-really-quickly-with-a-fork method does NOT work for this matcha. I mean that method never worked fantastically, but there were SO many clumps. I really need to get actual matcha making gear. It tasted as good as can be expected. Kind of watery except for really strong when you got a clump. I’m not going to rate it, because I’m still pretty new to matcha and also I totally failed at preparing it.
Out of the three main matchas at DavidsTEA, this is my favourite. It’s creamy and smooth, and I find it’s less grassy than Ceremonial Matcha. I prefer this whisked, rather than using a Matcha Shaker. I also find it’s sweet enough on its own that it doesn’t need any added sweetener. It’s perfect with milk, hot or iced or as a latte.
Flavors: Creamy, Grass, Smooth
Too much pumpkin has been in my life over the past couple days. My mom and I finally cracked open the sugar pumpkin that has been sitting in our fridge since Thanksgiving and decided to make various recipes with it. First was our obligatory pumpkin pie family recipe passed down from my German great-grandmother. Really delicious.
But what to do with the remaining two cups of mashed, cooked pumpkin? Ok, yesterday morning brought us a feast of pumpkin pancakes which drove us over the edge already. Ok ok, no more pumpkin. PLEASE. And we haven’t finished the pie either. Hmm.
One more cup remaining this morning, so we took a healthier route and made pumpkin protein smoothies. Hers was more pumpkin pie-ish since it was nothing but coconut milk, protein powder, spices, and pumpkin, but mine had some more additions which made it not so straight up pumpkin pie-like at all:
200ml coconut milk
30g Syntha-6 cinnamon bun protein powder (this stuff is the bomb)
80g cooked pumpkin
1 medium frozen banana
allspice, cinnamon
~1 tsp. Grand Cru Matcha
This protein powder really allows the matcha to shine, especially in comparison to the Syntha-6 banana which is quite strongly flavoured. This was one of the most uniquely flavoured protein smoothies I’ve ever had. Like pumpkin banana cream pie dusted with matcha. I would totally make this again but with butternut squash. Love the freshness of the matcha paired with the spices.
This protein shake sounds pretty awesome :)
This reminds me of one of the Anne of Green Gables books (#4 I think) when Anne went over to one person’s place and raved about pumpkin preserves she was served. She was a teacher making her rounds to all the different houses, and every time after that she kept on having pumpkin preserves because everyone wanted to please her. By the time she was almost done making her rounds, she was sick and tired of them, and just when she thought she was going to a house that wouldn’t have them, there they were! ;)
I suggest freezing either some of the pumpkin puree or the pumpkin pancakes ready made. You’ll enjoy them in a couple of weeks when pumpkins are a distant memory.
Never read the books, Kristal, but that feeling sounds pretty accurate! I had no idea Anne is a teacher, btw.
It was indeed an awesome protein shake so no regrets here. We finished up the rest of it making these smoothies, but freezing would have been an excellent idea. I was also going to make cookies instead of pancakes, and those would have frozen well too, I’m sure.
Mmm, I just love this tea so much. It is the pure epitome of green tea. It’s creamy and smooth, and sooo frothy if you whisk it. It tastes of rich summer grass, but with a sweet tang that renders sugar or milk redundant. It’s expensive, yes, but you can definitely taste the difference between this and lesser matchas.
Flavors: Bamboo, Creamy, Grass, Sweet
Nice tea! It is smoother than Matcha Matsu, but honestly I never drink matcha as actual tea anymore (and haven’t for months)-I just throw the powder in my green smoothie in the morning as an extra boost. I don’t even have a matcha whisk…so with that being said, I’ll continue to purchase the “cheaper” stuff since I’m not really using it as intended anyways. Sorry, Grand Cru!
Flavors: Grass
