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“I placed a Red Leaf Tea order recently and this sample was included with my order. Thank you, Red Leaf Tea! When you participate in the free sample test found on the discussion board, you get a...” Read full tasting note
A free sample provided by Matcha Outlet for review.
Company formerly known as Red Leaf Tea.
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I placed a Red Leaf Tea order recently and this sample was included with my order. Thank you, Red Leaf Tea!
When you participate in the free sample test found on the discussion board, you get a 10g sample of matcha and pay only shipping. Once you review that, you will be sent another free sample with free shipping, and for the third free sample, I believe you receive this one. Mine, however, was simply included free with my order, and I already have another order on the way. Another sample, maybe? Woot woot!
The matcha powder is a lovely shade of green, nice and vibrant, and the aroma was very chocolate-y to me. I felt like it was a milk chocolate smell, but I did pass this around to several people and one of them immediately said it smelled like cocoa. Two others said chocolate, and one who had not heard them say this said it was a familiar smell but they couldn’t place it. Most people smelled chocolate.
I am not a matcha specialist. I am rather new to the matcha game compared to a lot of people, but I have graduated from only liking it as a sweetened latte to really enjoying a bowl whisked every day, plain. I have tried about ten different plain matcha teas, which isn’t very many, so lots of you will be far better qualified to write about these samples.
I usually use 160F water and no sugar. I have made this sample in this way several times now and feel prepared to review.
On the first tasting session with the lady who said it smelled like cocoa, she felt that it lost all chocolate scent once whisked up and said it tasted grassy. She is not a green tea drinker with the exception of enjoying jasmine green. She prefers black tea. I thought it was good. I found that I could work up a good froth, perhaps not as easily as with my KaiMatcha but it definitely got there. I did not find it bitter.
The color is slightly less vibrant than the best grade of matcha I have tried but still had a lovely color, and I stopped to admire the brilliance of the green color left in the white cups and pitcher we had used when we passed it around. The stain in the cups was a gorgeous color and had no trace of brown.
Tonight I even tried – for the first time ever – thick or Koi style using this matcha. I have never tried it before and found it a bit strong for me, but something I think could easily grow on you if you wanted to develop that taste. It wasn’t devilishly bitter, though, which I was afraid ANY Koi style preparation would be.
Thank you, Red Leaf, for your continued excellent customer service and for the sample!
I think if I’d find a Matcha as satisfying as this, I might give it a go. So, I guess I’ll have to place an order soon! I’ve always been one of those people who wanted to like Matcha, but couldn’t. Unless it was mixed with another tea or in a smoothie. However, I’ll have to give this one a try.