Tiramisu Matcha

This was a miss for me, the flavour sounded amazing, Tiramisu is one of my favourite desserts and matcha is amazing, mix the two together it should be even better right? Wrong. The matcha barely tasted of coffee or cheese or anything remotely similar to the dessert, it just tasted bad.

Another round of tea for another episode of BBAUS; that’ll make three episodes in total, meaning I will be officially caught up! I’m learning so much from Australian Big Brother – one of the coolest things so far being that the contestants are pretty expressly forbidden to talk about nominations/campaign for votes and, based on what I’ve seen so far, there’s no POV. That’s crazy.

I mean, in Canadian and American Big Brother campaigning for votes and talking about nominations and stuff like that is such an integral part of game play. That’s basically how you play the game other than competitions. Some of the best players (thinking Dr. Will as an example) basically got by on just social gameplay and manipulation. Wow. Such a different perspective on things…

Anyway; in addition to a few cups of tea for the episode (they’re long episodes!) I whisked some of this matcha into a vanilla pudding cup. I was thinking I’d totally be cool with this but on my first bite my gag reflex went into over drive and I almost immediately threw up my first bite. It’s not even that it tastes bad – because it doesn’t, but it’s the texture/consistency combined with the fact it’s vomit green. Shudder.

Mind over matter; this tastes good so I should be able to eat it! Coffee, cream, vanilla…

Come on body; these are good things!

Another tea from Miss B’s stash clear out!

Been wanting to try this for awhile based on all the positive reviews. Decided to make it as a hot latte to go along with my breakfast this morning.

I enjoyed it quite a lot, though there was a flavour in it that reminds me of something I can’t quite put my finger on….this sample was robust and I think I’d actually prefer a level down, so much flavoring made it taste a bit chemical.

I think the thing it reminded me of was an old lip balm I used to have. Not one of the lovely homemade ones I buy now, but like a holiday version of a lipsmacker or something.

However, that aside, still yummy! I’d order it :)

Makes me even more curious about the Belgium Chocolate one because I liked the chocolate flavor in this one.

Merci Miss B, for sending this along!

Ah, I love tiramisu, even if it’s been a while since I’ve had it. I definitely wanted to try this at a Robust flavor, because I’m finding I prefer all the dessert matchas stronger. This was creamy, eggy, and chocolatey, although I did miss any sort of flaky pastry in the mix.

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I’m thankful that Sil shared some of this with me, but I think it was too subtle a flavour for me. It just tasted like sorta sweet milk? I guess it was creamy too. I liked it, but wish it had more pow! (And that was distinctive, so I think that means this one isn’t quite right for me). Still, that strikes this off the list and with x-blllion flavours of matcha out there, that’s helpful. :D

I’m having some Tiramisu matcha with Greek yogurt and honey right now. I figured that the tart whipped cream/yogurt note I’m getting from the matcha would blend in with the yogurt, and it does. I also now get more of the chocolate in here. It’s a little artificial but I prefer having the matcha this way than drinking it.

This makes me want to try actual tiramisu again, as I’ve only had it once in my life, a long time ago.

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Thank you Fjellrev (and Sil) for the sample of this tasty matcha. I actually had just under a 1/2 tsp left so I added a touch of French Vanilla since that seemed appropriate (and easier than having to unwrap my Belgium Chocolate). The end result is a really delicious combination of mocha and vanilla creaminess. I think the two combined has actually helped to bring out each individual matcha as this seems to be more aromatic and flavorful than when I had each matcha separately. Interesting…

I made some up in a blender with chocolate almond milk and chia seeds, which was decent. Then I decided warm some of it up and use an electric frother. Even better.

It was still a bit watery, and I added a bit too much cold milk after which didn’t help, but the creamy sweet chocolate mocha vibe is good enough even when not perfectly prepared.

Thanks Sil!

As always, latted. (Dang, I gotta say matcha makes drinking my daily milk a much more pleasurable proposition! Goes down so easily, yum!) At first dry this had the same chemical bubble gummy sweet smell, but I think that might have just been aroma cross contamination with the fig (they’re both in my freezer chest). Made, the tiramisu comes out, still subtler than the Caramel Popcorn but very pleasant, with a true cheesecake tang and coffee n’ cream smell especially at the end of the sip. Caramel Popcorn continues to reign supreme, but I have my Eggnog sample left to try yet, and hopefully my missing Cheesecake soon enough. All in all, I’m really enjoying these matcha lattes.