Blueberry Matcha

Long ago I swore to stop buying matchas from DAVIDsTEA, but I inherited this bag from my late aunt. I prepared a cup to drink hot and found it much too sweet the first time. Now I only add this to vanilla ice cream or yogurt to make a milkshake or smoothie.

DAVIDsTEA Matcha Advent Calendar – Day 11

This is for the matcha white chocolate star that was in the advent today. The flavor was not as prominent as the salted caramel white chocolate star was. It was mostly just sort of fruity. Also, the matcha makes these a bit gritty, which I attributed to the salt last time but it happened here as well. Both were similar in taste too which means the white chocolate is contributing a fair bit of flavor and because of that I am sort of indifferent to the stars I have had so far.

2022 Sipdown 165/365!

Latte as usual; it’s from last year’s advent calendar and only a 10g packet so ended up a bit light in my large mug, but it was still ok.

DAVIDsTEA is really good at blueberry, so I have high hopes for this. So far, my favourite flavoured matcha from them is the Honeydew. That one has a ton of flavour, so much that a teaspoon in my protein smoothie packed full of mixed berries (with cookies ‘n’ protein powder), dare I say, overpowers all of the other flavours in a good way, of course. Preparing this the same way, I cannot taste the blueberry at all, just the grassy matcha. Granted, the flavouring is obviously blending in with the frozen blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

I’m now trying the last of this hot. Before adding milk, it’s pretty sweet. It reminds me that, oh yeah, DAVIDsTEA loads their flavoured matches with sugar. I can taste the blueberry here, and it’s realistic, thankfully enough, but not nearly as flavourful as the Honeydew. Adding milk to it, it’s a pleasant instant blueberry latte, except still a little too sweet for me. Would I buy more? Probably not, as it’s a little too expensive to justify considering the sheer amount of sugar they add to this, but it’s still worth trying, I’d say.

Easily the best flavoured matcha that David’s tea has or has had. Despite other reviews stated un-sweet and dry.. it needs to be made properly. Like most matcha. If you are just scooping some in a mug and adding hot water, and that’s it, you are wasting the matcha.

The blueberry pairs excellently with matcha green tea. It is not overpowering and add a lovely sweetness to the tea. It’s not wonder that when D’sT had this tea offered in previous summer’s that it sold out so very quickly. Tragic that they have stopped selling it.. it’s a money maker!

Not bad. Fairly dry and not very sweet despite the sugar, though.

Geek Steep S1E16 – Dune (1984)

Aside from spices, another pretty iconic thing in the movie is the fact all the people living on the main planet have eerily glowing blue eyes – I figured that was something I could totally riff on, so during our episode recording I planned to drink the Blueberry and Ginseng matcha that I had from Ukiyo. However, the morning of my advent tea from the DT matcha advent ended up being Blueberry Matcha – I took that as a sign, and I drank my advent tea during the episode recording instead. If one were really determined, you could totally figure out the exact day we recorded the episode based on that info – more than a few weeks in advance of the upload today, for sure.

I liked this better than the Chai tea from the movie watch, for sure.

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This tea is YUMMY! I had it made at the store with a small volume of water and added plenty of sugar. Every sip was full of blueberry flavour. I generally don’t like the idea of wasting matcha with flavour, however I could definitely drink this. The matcha had a good green colour, and although the employees whisking technique was average, it produced foam.

This might be a good alternative to blueberry muffin for a fall tea, if you like matcha.

Most store employees seemed to like this flavour out of the matcha summer collection.

I mixed this with milk. You can definitely taste the blueberry flavor in it. I like it but not as much as the strawberry one.

No one’s reviewed this yet? Strange.

Before I give my review, I’d like to admit I do not drink matcha and I hardly ever drink my tea sweetened. So I am a bit biased against this tea to start with. I actually bought this tea so I can throw a small spoonful in my morning smoothie on days where I need a bit of a caffeine kick and don’t have enough time for my breakfast AND a cup of tea. This is one of the cheaper options from DAVIDs (largely because cane sugar is the main ingredient!), but either way, it will work for my purposes.

I decided to try it out as an actual drink before using it in my smoothies. I followed the instructions and mixed 1.5 tsp in 8oz of water. I don’t have a matcha whisk so I stirred it with a fork, lol. The resulting taste is upfrontly sugary with a mix of blueberry flavouring and slightly bitter, grassy green tea. All together I must say I’m not loving this blend. Much too sweet, I don’t like fruit flavouring in my green tea, and the bitterness of the matcha is off-putting as well. Maybe I overleafed it? I didn’t even finish my cup- I dumped it down the drain. Either way I will use this up in my smoothies no problem (since I won’t be tasting it), but I would never buy it to drink as an actual drink. If I wanna try matcha again I will by plain matcha. This blend doesn’t work for me on any level.