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Today was full of chocolate and disappointing fruit. What a weird pairing.

It’s fun to sift it and watch some of the green clumps give way to cocoa. The color is entirely unappetizing, with or without milk. I drank about a third of this on its own, but when I did add milk, it really mellowed out the bitter grassiness and became a warm and oddly refreshing hot chocolate (without quite the intensity of a true hot cocoa).

Not a buy for me, but I’m pickier about matcha than many other teas.

Bird & Blend Matcha Advent, Day 2

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Mom of 2, adjunct, and general homebody in California.

Great at buying tea, okay at drinking tea, awful at timely reviews. Drawn to fruit, floral, spice, smoke, and flavored teas in general; prefer those that stand well without milk or sweetener. Black is fine, green is better, and red rooibos is trash.

My ratings are for me, so I don’t accidentally buy something that sounds amazing but I’ve already tried and disliked. I struggle a bit with wanting to be “fair” to a tea that other people would probably like, but then my system won’t work!

90-100 A: loved it; would make this a permanent member of my stash
80-89 B: tasty; would pick it up again
70-79 C: good; could grab with a good deal or to try in a different style
60-69 D: okay; would keep in a set but probably would not repurchase on its own
1-59 F: various shades of bad; would not purchase; closer to 1 means may not even drink again if offered.

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