Good morning, everyone!
The DAVIDsTEA matcha advent selection for today is a matcha-infused chocolate, but I’ve been enjoying my morning matcha and toast, so I pulled out another matcha to try! I had a single serve stick of this in my drawer and thought it was the perfect time to try it out. It’s funny that they call it “matcha latte” but there is no sweetener and no milk powder or anything like that. It’s just a mixture of matcha and cocoa powder. Sounds delish! Prepared it (mostly) according to their instructions, making a paste with warm water and then topping with warm milk.
Well, it’s certainly delicious. The matcha and cocoa go together so well, with the sweet grassiness and umami roasted seaweed and the slight toasty note of the cocoa powder. It’s decadent and chocolaty. I will say, I think in the future I would either do a mixture of water and milk or use two sachets, because since it’s only half matcha the milk is overpowering it just a little. But very scrumptious, I could see myself reordering this. It would also be interesting to try as a non-latte. Unfortunately it’s rather expensive, harrumph. I’ll have to try adding cocoa powder to my straight matchas!
On to the jam! Today it’s Strawberry-Verbena Spread which sounds highly interesting to me. I quite like it, though the verbena is reminding me more of mint than lemon. It’s surprisingly quite strong, holding its own against the sweet strawberry. It’s very different and I’m enjoying it a lot! I would love to try more jams with herbs in them in the future. :)
(today’s advent teas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbA7q0g6Fu/)
Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Grass, Roasted, Seaweed, Sweet, Toasted, Vegetal
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It sounds so weird and cryptic when you say that the DT Matcha “isn’t a matcha” but I know exactly what you mean XD
LOL, it’s a secret code! Just kidding. I wasn’t trying to not say what it is, I guess I just didn’t think it was relevant. XD
Matcha and cocoa do sound good together!
As usual, your jam sounds interesting. I’ve never thought of verbena as having minty qualities.
I’m not sure I’ve ever had it plain, so it could just be the way it combined with the strawberry here?
Yes, I agree, cryptic! Now I’m just wondering what the non-matcha item was in the matcha advent. haha.
It was a salted caramel matcha-infused white chocolate star!
oh cool, it WAS matcha anyway.
Yes, matcha-related just not a matcha powder! :)
It sounds so weird and cryptic when you say that the DT Matcha “isn’t a matcha” but I know exactly what you mean XD
LOL, it’s a secret code! Just kidding. I wasn’t trying to not say what it is, I guess I just didn’t think it was relevant. XD
Matcha and cocoa do sound good together!
As usual, your jam sounds interesting. I’ve never thought of verbena as having minty qualities.
I’m not sure I’ve ever had it plain, so it could just be the way it combined with the strawberry here?
Yes, I agree, cryptic! Now I’m just wondering what the non-matcha item was in the matcha advent. haha.
It was a salted caramel matcha-infused white chocolate star!
oh cool, it WAS matcha anyway.
Yes, matcha-related just not a matcha powder! :)