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100

Okay I seriously have a problem. I’m on my 3rd cup.

They weren’t lieing! There is no bitterness! NOT A HINT!
That means… dun dun dun – zero sugar in my matcha. I thought, from my years of matcha lattes, that sugar was a NEED in matcha.

No. Not all matcha.

Ohhhh it’s so good. I need to stop so #1. I can sleep tonight and #2. I don’t run out of this tin fast!

The taste! Oh the Umami is strong in this one my friends. It reminds me of a big dark salted pretzel! Not the flavour, but the same satisfaction after sipping.

(I’m gonna sprinkle some on my rice too! ee! Okay so the sprinkle ended up dumping like 2 tablespoons worth. Yeah talk about too excited! Don’t worry, I managed to salvage it – and make another drink in the process ;) )

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100

Oh. So THIS is what ceremonial grade matcha is like.
WOW.

If I had the money, I would seriously buy a tin of this for each member of my family and force them to become matcha fanatics.

This is intense. Buttery! It reminds me of my aunt who is no longer my aunt (divorce stuff). She was a huge health nut with dreadlocks and a lifestyle I WISH I could emulate! I remember once of the most delicious dishes she made for me was plain white rice with what I think was dried broccoli bits on top. The broccoli was toasted or something and then the little nibs were what we sprinkled on the rice. I think? I have been craving this flavour since I had that dish – ohh I wish I could find out what it really was!

Well, until then, I have this matcha. The depth is amazing, the taste pure and not a bit astringent (I used 175 water). The froth was incredible! The colour bright green, like emerald jewels.

Unlike many of the flavoured matchas I’ve had (which I love as well!), this one does need to be sifted. The other ones you can get away with not sifting, but this one it is important. That’s just my experience so far! (Although once whisked, it remains whisked! Maybe I just drank it way too fast haha, but there was no matcha clumps at all at the bottom of my cup!)

The tin is amazing! I love the pop top technology when you first open it, but that it also has a screw on lid. That way you know it is going to be pure and FRESH.

Thank you KaiMatcha for this amazing experience! I WILL be back to purchase.

ashmanra

I really have to get some of this!

Daisy Chubb

it is better than I ever could have imagined!

Babble

Ugh. All these reviews are making me jealous. I hope they run another promotion soon.

Daisy Chubb

Well I think I will be purchasing a few tins of this – if I can find a way to swap it and have the flavour stay fresh, I will do it!

Babble

Ok. Keep me posted.

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90

Yay! I love this matcha.
Like… love.
I have tried a few other kinds of matcha before this and they had had a sharper more vegetal bite. This is much smoother.
I still like to make my matcha with cold milk but this has nice nuttiness and isn’t sharp. Eminently sippable and it got me through three days of filming on around 3 hours of sleep each night! That gets a serious A+.

ETA – thank you for the free sample, Kaimatcha! I love it :)

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ashmanra

Ooo, lucky! Trying all this flavored matcha is making me want to try a really good quality plain matcha!

BlueKittyMeow

Trying all this plain matcha is making me want to try a really good flavored matcha! It’s too bad matcha is so freaking hard to package – I would be totally willing to swap a sample!

Babble

I would be happy to send you a sample of some flavored matcha if you could send me a sample of this. I usually double bag mine.

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98

I was lucky enough to win 30g of this from the KaiMatcha contest—thanks so much! Couldn’t wait to try it.

Color-gorgeously green and fresh, vibrant and enticing.
Aroma-deep, rich, and soothing.

I mixed a little less than 1/2 tsp with hot (about 140 degree F) water, first whisking it with a small amount of the water with my bamboo whisk (which really does the job). Next time I will get the froth better, but this time it was pretty darn good. The color, when added to the water, is stunning and deep. It’s a forest I could get lost in.

And the taste…this is without a doubt the best pure matcha I’ve had. It’s thick, buttery, smooth, lush. No astringency or bitterness here—none. It’s fabulous…my only goals for next time are to achieve a really nice froth.

I can’t wait to have another cup—thank you again for your generosity!

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97
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
4843 tasting notes

This is seriously one of the BEST Matcha I’ve tried. Since I’m not drinking it side-by-side with another high quality Matcha, I can’t say it’s the absolute best, but, it definitely ranks right up there in the top three, if not #1. Yes, it’s that good.

First of all, after having consumed so many flavored Matcha (and yes, I love those too), I’ve kind of forgotten what REAL Matcha froth is like. This is thick and foamy and lush! The color is vivid, bright green. And the flavor is superb. Sweet, vegetative, of course, but, not like some other Matcha … this is buttery and more like mild steamed vegetables with a hint of grass rather than grassy and/or vegetative. It’s milder, mellower, and the strong buttery tones mellow it out further. This doesn’t have the bittersweet taste that I often talk about with Matcha, this has no bitterness whatsoever. It’s just sweet. Sweet and lush and green and DELICIOUS! Thick and creamy. And there is some pleasing complexity to this too, every once in a while I could swear that I taste a note of cocoa in the background. Or sometimes a hint of flower … or a fruitier tone that I didn’t notice previously. It plays games with the palate, but in the very best way possible – it keeps the palate interested and keeps me sipping.

An excellent Matcha. TRY this Matcha!

Whispering Pines Tea Company

Having never had matcha…I don’t know much about it. About how many servings are in an ounce? It just seems VERY expensive to me. :/

Alphakitty

My post office is holding mine hostage, I’m so anxious to try it out after reading so many amazing reviews!

Babble

Now I’m really jealous of everyone that run, LOL

LiberTEAS

@Whispering Pines: I really don’t know how many servings are in an ounce as I’ve never really calculated it. I eyeball everything anyway, so my calculations wouldn’t be precise versus someone who might weigh and measure everything.

But Matcha is more expensive than most teas, and for good reason. It is made from tencha, which is essentially Gyokuro (only processed slightly differently). After it’s been dried, the stems and veins are removed and the leaves are stone ground into a very, very fine powder. There is a lot of work and tea that goes in to producing a single ounce, and so it costs more.

LiberTEAS

Oh, and it’s worth it!

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95
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
1271 tasting notes

My fingers are pruney and sore! I was blocking a shawl I knitted not too long ago – for non knitters, you block by soaking your wool/plant based item and pin it down tightly into shape. This shapes the item and in my case, opens up the lacework to look fantastic.
This blasted shawl sprials in its self, plus every ruffle section I do once I go to the next ruffle, it causes slack in the previous ruffle, so I have to go back and repin. Not to mention fix pins that popped out.

Over 45 minutes later, I’m done. Blocking is usually not this terrible, but this shawl is just simply a nightmare. More sad is I could of done a better job with blocking, but it is really confusing with pins everywhere. I also silently wept inside knowing I planned to make another one after I’m done the current one I’m knitting.

If it wasn’t for this matcha, I probably wouldn’t have the energy to do it. I simply dumped a teaspoon in a tumbler full of ice and a little water and sipped away while I worked – kaimatcha is just go crisp, clean, high quality, vibrant green and flavorful matcha. Don’t let the infomerical website fool you.

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ashmanra

You are quite right! The slick look is very reminiscent of an infomercial but this is probably the best, highest quality matcha I have ever tasted, and the price is reasonable for the high quality you get.

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95
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
1271 tasting notes

I had no internet all yesterday (thanks verizon) and finally have it back! I can tealog again! I did brazilian jiu jitsu last night and then this morning. Why don’t I just sleep at the gym? I was gone for less than 10 hours.
Anyways, I have an event to go to tonight which will have lots of delicious goodies, so I went to jitz to prepare of the mass amounts of calories I will go crazy on. However, I was dead tired this morning and I needed something to wake me up so I don’t look silly yawning during class while someone is choking me.
The kaimatcha, man, this stuff is good. This got me squeaky perky after a big frothy mug of it, simulating me as a “energetic morning person” when I’m a “don’t talk to me until I’ve had 2 cups of tea and after 10am” person. So buttery, fresh and easy to mix!

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175 °F / 79 °C

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95
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
1271 tasting notes

And this was the tea I took with me to my wedding!
I took a 1 liter water bottle filled with ice cubes and filtered water – I put 1/2tsp in and shook it. Done!
I sipped on this on the car ride to the wedding and while I waited for people to arrive (panicking, my grandmother in law was late, who was supposed to help me in the dress, but got caught in the space shuttle traffic in downtown LA).
This matcha is just so easy to use and comes out perfect every time! Gave me so much energy, especially since I skipped lunch due to wedding crazyness.

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ashmanra

I just ordered this because of the coupon code they gave yesterday! I am really excited about trying it after reading the fantastic reviews!

Oolong Owl

gasp, theres a coupon code? /checks
Sweeet! I’m buying more, this matcha is amazing!

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95
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
1271 tasting notes

Apparently 2 steepings of green tea didn’t wake me up and I feel like sticking to green tea today for some reason. Time to bring in the matcha!

Had this iced. I didn’t bother sifting, just dumped it into a tumbler with ice and water and stirred it with my straw. This matcha is just so dangerously easy to use. I sipped away at this while I finished up my wedding bouquet stuff. So goood!

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95
drank KaiMatcha Premium by KaiMatcha
1271 tasting notes

I won this matcha as part of a drawing here at Steepster and I was like “Ho hum, plain matcha” since I’ve been drinking flavored matcha these days. I was totally wrong. This matcha blew me out of the water and into space! With enough energy to swim back!

The tin is sealed and when I cracked it open it was a blast of sweet smelling matcha! It is obviously high quality and very fresh! I tried it and went crazy and needed to blog about it on my jitz blog.

http://bunnyjiujitsu.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/matcha-a-bjj-endurance-blaster/

The matcha taste pure and natural, not grassy or bitter. It has a light and crisp green tea flavor, but yet full of flavor and not watery (if that makes sense). The sweetness is like a mix of sugar snap peas in it with the green tea! I’m almost reminded of the sweetness in iceburg lettuce as well.

Oh man, I needed another cup of this so I made one iced. The matcha powder is very light and I didn’t have to sift it really. I just dumped it over some water and ice and stirred it for a bit and it was good to go! It’s got a great natural sweetness that I don’t need to sweeten it or add milk.

If this matcha becomes a regular drink in my routine, I’m bumping this to 100 rating. Pretty good stuff!

Babble

Been reading good things about this matcha so far. Now I wish I would have won some – LOL.

ashmanra

Wow! Since I have been drinking the flavored matcha I have been getting curious about unflavored. Good to know!

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100

Backlogging several cups from yesterday!

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100

Backlogging several cups…LOVE this! See previous notes!

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100

Alrighty…I decided to go with a 100 for this one…which is RARE for me…but…I had to! I have been drinking this like CRAZY! It’s wonderful! So far – it’s the frothiest and easiest to froth matcha I have tried! The flavor is so pure and so lovely! It’s creamy and silky-smooth but still has that powerful green matcha taste…vegetal but not grassy or bitter.

I’ve tried 1 or several scoops with my lil matcha scoop spoon and it’s hard to screw up! I’ve even tried an excessive amount and it still has an awesome flavor and texture!

I really LOVE this stuff! I like to play around with it! I really like that it’s so easy to froth and hard to mess up! It’s not as touchy as some of the other matcha’s I have tried.

Delicious! Incredible! Remarkable!

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Whispering Pines Tea Company

I need to try matcha at some point. This one sounds awesome and I think you MIGHT be addicted to matcha. ;)

TeaEqualsBliss

The first step is admitting…I admit it! :) teehee

Whispering Pines Tea Company

:) Where would you recommend I get a tad bit of matcha from to try out?

TeaEqualsBliss

I would say…either…THIS COMPANY KaiMatcha, Pure Matcha, Red Leaf Tea has some great flavored ones, Camellia Sinensis is another good one, and Shanti Tea is another one :)

Terri HarpLady

I love matcha :)

Daisy Chubb

Wow I can’t wait to get mine in the mail!

LiberTEAS

Another good company for Matcha is Aiya. I haven’t yet tried my KaiMatcha (I just got it in the mail today), but Aiya is the best that I’ve had.

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100

I have been sipping on this for DAYS! This is truly incredible! I LOVE THIS!!!! It’s wonderful! Most notably…this matcha is among the frothiest I have seen! MARVY! More detailed review upon next sip! Stay Tuned!

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