CHERRIES!!! yup, it smells just like them. Tart, fragrant cherries.
I tried making the first bit with hot water and it was nice, but I don’t have a sifter so there were some clumps. sighs Yet another purchase I need to make!
The taste… well it’s a bit more medicinal than I had hoped, edging on that syrupy cough drop taste, but not too much so I don’t mind really. You need to whisk quite a bit, but I am getting used to the action now.
Sugar helps! I added only a touch, and it really made a difference. I felt that it brought out a tart side that was hiding before, and maybe even a little bitterness. Odd that sugar would bring that out.
Oh, and the warming sensation I felt was unexpected, but pleasant. Like brandy… not harsh. Soothing and lasting.
Then later on I took my packet down to the Second Cup on the main floor of our office building and had them make me up a Cherry Matcha Latte. It was nice, but something in there was burnt (and clumpy… not the matcha’s fault! the staff there aren’t familiar with it so I need to try this myself at home) Oh well, I still enjoyed my cuppa greatly.
Next time… I’m hoping it will work with Almond milk, because I would so love to have my matcha’s that way. Mmmmm. I don’t think I’ll try it again with all cow milk, it drowned out the matcha-ness a little too much for me. Perhaps with only a milk top-up it’d work better.
Overall, I don’t like this as much as I had hoped to, or as much as other people seem to like the Red Leaf teas. Bah, I just need to experiment! fun fun :)
Well… Happy Victoria Day everyone!! :D
(This is a backlog by the way, I added this on Friday but the system went buggy on me for a bit)
Edit: I love this one, and WILL rebuy after I’ve tried all the other flavours! ha.
You can find it here: http://www.redleaftea.com/matcha-tea/cherry-matcha.html
Going to buy caramel next. Can’t wait!
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Cherry is such a difficult flavor to get right, I find it almost always tastes like cough syrup in tea.
I agree!! nonetheless I’ve been searching for one. I love cherries… everything cherry!
I’ve used almond milk in most of my matcha lattes and it’s wonderful :D
OooOoh? nice! thx, now I’m excited to try it out asap! :P
Any particular kind of almond milk: unsweet, sweet, vanilla, original?
TrueAlmond Original!
Sweet, thanks! ;)
IMO because it’s a bit sweet, it requires a fair bit less sweetener (unless you like crazy sweet drinks, which I sometimes do). I could actually probably drink it without sweetener with the TrueAlmond.
A tip though, when I make my matcha lattes, I dissolve/resuspend the matcha in hot regular milk first (I’m sure water would be fine too). I found that the almond milk was weird when heated. Then I just add a ton of cold almond milk to make my latte (and agave if it’s around, since sugar is annoying to dissolve).
Thanks for the tips! I’ve never made a matcha latte before. Do people often make matcha cold? I’ve actually only had matcha one time that I can remember, and it was in a Japanese tea ceremony. So, it was definitely hot then.
I tried this cold and hot… this one works better just below boiling.
I haven’t had time to try this one again, but I am so craving it! :P
I’m pretty sure most or all matcha is dissolved in hot water to begin with, and then you either add more hot water, or cold water (or milk), depending on your preference. I’m a big fan of cold, sweetened matcha lattes, so that’s what I do. I can’t say I’ve ever had it in hot, unaltered tea form.
yep yep, definitely something that needs experimenting! The sugar destroyer was great at 90 or so. I need this one again today!!
Verging on cough syrup, but not quite there? Sounds like it would work well blended with something to balance that note… Cheesecake? Amaretto? Coffee?
Exactly! I’m planning to mix it with cheesecake, should be amazing :D
I’d love to try amaretto to!!!
Bring this over to my place and we can add it to cheesecake haha
Cherry is such a difficult flavor to get right, I find it almost always tastes like cough syrup in tea.
I agree!! nonetheless I’ve been searching for one. I love cherries… everything cherry!
I’ve used almond milk in most of my matcha lattes and it’s wonderful :D
OooOoh? nice! thx, now I’m excited to try it out asap! :P
Any particular kind of almond milk: unsweet, sweet, vanilla, original?
TrueAlmond Original!
Sweet, thanks! ;)
IMO because it’s a bit sweet, it requires a fair bit less sweetener (unless you like crazy sweet drinks, which I sometimes do). I could actually probably drink it without sweetener with the TrueAlmond.
A tip though, when I make my matcha lattes, I dissolve/resuspend the matcha in hot regular milk first (I’m sure water would be fine too). I found that the almond milk was weird when heated. Then I just add a ton of cold almond milk to make my latte (and agave if it’s around, since sugar is annoying to dissolve).
Thanks for the tips! I’ve never made a matcha latte before. Do people often make matcha cold? I’ve actually only had matcha one time that I can remember, and it was in a Japanese tea ceremony. So, it was definitely hot then.
I tried this cold and hot… this one works better just below boiling.
I haven’t had time to try this one again, but I am so craving it! :P
I’m pretty sure most or all matcha is dissolved in hot water to begin with, and then you either add more hot water, or cold water (or milk), depending on your preference. I’m a big fan of cold, sweetened matcha lattes, so that’s what I do. I can’t say I’ve ever had it in hot, unaltered tea form.
yep yep, definitely something that needs experimenting! The sugar destroyer was great at 90 or so. I need this one again today!!
Verging on cough syrup, but not quite there? Sounds like it would work well blended with something to balance that note… Cheesecake? Amaretto? Coffee?
Exactly! I’m planning to mix it with cheesecake, should be amazing :D
I’d love to try amaretto to!!!
Bring this over to my place and we can add it to cheesecake haha