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“Tea Drops seemed like such a gimmicky way to sell tea, but I am very tea curious so I wanted to try. First ingredient in this is sugar, second is matcha. It dissolved easily in my cup of warm...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown! (50 | 123) I prepared this one iced, as I figured I would enjoy the sweetness more that way. So I dissolved my two drops in a bit of warm water and then poured over ice and topped with...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (332) I don’t like these tea drops. I have yet to find one that wasn’t overly sweetened. This tastes like sugar and then grass. Not the worst matcha flavour I’ve had, which surprised me,...” Read full tasting note
“Leaves: square shaped cube Measuring Spoon: no Steep: instant Aroma: matcha Color: murky swamp green Clarity: Cloudy Taste: The matcha aroma was there but as for the taste it reminded me of sugar...” Read full tasting note
Meet MATCHA GREEN TEA:
Our full bodied Matcha Green Tea will kick-start your morning or help you power through your afternoon with calm alertness. An earthy and gently sweet Matcha experience.
PERSONALITY TRAITS:
Earthy, blended greens, creamy, sweet
Caffeine Level: 25mg of caffeine, which is approximately one-third the caffeine of a cup of brewed coffee.
Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, organic premium Matcha green tea
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Tea Drops seemed like such a gimmicky way to sell tea, but I am very tea curious so I wanted to try. First ingredient in this is sugar, second is matcha. It dissolved easily in my cup of warm water. It just tastes like match. Sweetened matcha. It’s not particularly good. It’s boring and not that convenient for a mediocre cup.
Sipdown! (50 | 123)
I prepared this one iced, as I figured I would enjoy the sweetness more that way. So I dissolved my two drops in a bit of warm water and then poured over ice and topped with cold water.
It doesn’t really taste like matcha to me? It does taste like a Japanese green tea, but it’s very heavy on the grass and seaweed-like umami, and doesn’t have the richness or the bitterness of matcha. It’s closer to drinking some kind of iced sencha IMO – a very, very seaweedy iced sencha.
That being said, it’s not the worst thing ever. Yes, it’s quite sweet, but it doesn’t bother me as much iced, which is nice. Definitely not something I would purchase though…
Flavors: Grass, Marine, Seaweed, Spinach, Sugar, Sweet, Umami
Sipdown (332)
I don’t like these tea drops. I have yet to find one that wasn’t overly sweetened. This tastes like sugar and then grass. Not the worst matcha flavour I’ve had, which surprised me, but the sugar is just over the top.
Matcha with too much sugar? Yucky.
Yeah, it wasn’t great. I like flavored matchas and don’t overly mind sugar in those to create a flavor but sugary plain matcha seems wrong.
I had only one Tea-Drop. I like the concept, but I don’t like the flavours
It’s a good idea but they are sweet and none of the flavors intrigue me much either. I got a bunch from an Instagram giveaway though so I am trying them out.
I didn’t like them either this one and the peppermint one were my favorite of the sampler though.
Leaves: square shaped cube
Measuring Spoon: no
Steep: instant
Aroma: matcha
Color: murky swamp green
Clarity: Cloudy
Taste: The matcha aroma was there but as for the taste it reminded me of sugar water with a pinch of matcha. So far this one has the least flavor.
This most forgettable flavour of Tea Drop, and in a way doesn’t that kind of make it the worst one because it just wasn’t able to form a lasting impression? Like, I drank a full mug of it and I don’t think I could tell you anything about it aside from the fact it had the same two characteristics all of the other Tea Drop flavours had: it became sludge in the bottom of the mug and it tasted basically like a lightly flavoured sugar water…
I won an Instagram competition for tea drops back in November and they haven’t sent them out yet so this company isn’t doing great in my eyes right now.
Tbh, I don’t think you’re missing out on much. But that’s still shitty.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt this way about Tea Drops. I expected more because of the great reviews on their site and people blogging about the teas, but to me they all tasted like someone trying to cover up the not-so-great flavor of low quality tea and/or poorly brewed tea by burying it in sugar. If this is what they call “lightly sweetened” then I’m afraid to know what heavily sweetened would be like.
