A belated tasting note from this past #matchamonday…
This was my first matcha in close to a month and those really creamy, decadent and cooling mint flavours were so thoroughly welcomed! Plus the froth was exceptional! I think I flip back and forth on this matcha (though I find it so much better than the plain Mint Matcha) but when it hits right it hits so right and there’s something about making it during the holidays that really gives that creamy cane cane punch of flavour a particular charm and magic.
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYB4qJHu4YH/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUNT9ugLYE&ab_channel=RemiWolfVEVO
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
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Rating a tea when you work for or sell the brand is so hard. I felt the same way when I used to sell Steeped Tea and then Tea Queens teas. There were some teas that were great and deserved their ratings but others that were so bad, like the Tea Queens matcha, that I felt like I would be fired if I gave my honest opinion.
Truthfully, for the most part, I feel like I’m pretty good at being objective. If you comb through my DT reviews I think it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that I don’t sugar coat when I dislike something. I’m not really worried about getting fired for sharing thoughts about the teas & I’ve always been really explicit internally that I do this – especially because there’s a difference in saying “I don’t like this tea” versus “this tea is shit”. However I think there’s a difference in me sharing an opinion (and disclosing that I’m an employee while doing so) and letting my opinion reflect an averaged rating that people might come across without understanding the context of any potential biases I have.
It wasn’t a factor when I first started using my DT disclaimer, back when I was just a seasonal employee, but now I also know the development background of all the new teas coming out (and sometimes was also the person doing the development) so I know that gives me a really different perspective and opinion as well. I think there’s a huge different in forming an opinion on a tea based just on taste versus developing an opinion knowing the intention behind its creation.
Anyway the tldr is that the disclosure is important as is not rating anything numerically – but the words are genuine ;)
Rating a tea when you work for or sell the brand is so hard. I felt the same way when I used to sell Steeped Tea and then Tea Queens teas. There were some teas that were great and deserved their ratings but others that were so bad, like the Tea Queens matcha, that I felt like I would be fired if I gave my honest opinion.
Truthfully, for the most part, I feel like I’m pretty good at being objective. If you comb through my DT reviews I think it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that I don’t sugar coat when I dislike something. I’m not really worried about getting fired for sharing thoughts about the teas & I’ve always been really explicit internally that I do this – especially because there’s a difference in saying “I don’t like this tea” versus “this tea is shit”. However I think there’s a difference in me sharing an opinion (and disclosing that I’m an employee while doing so) and letting my opinion reflect an averaged rating that people might come across without understanding the context of any potential biases I have.
It wasn’t a factor when I first started using my DT disclaimer, back when I was just a seasonal employee, but now I also know the development background of all the new teas coming out (and sometimes was also the person doing the development) so I know that gives me a really different perspective and opinion as well. I think there’s a huge different in forming an opinion on a tea based just on taste versus developing an opinion knowing the intention behind its creation.
Anyway the tldr is that the disclosure is important as is not rating anything numerically – but the words are genuine ;)