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Sipdown! Thanks for letting me sample this one, Sil – and those little containers are perfect!

Anyhow, I made up quite the concoction yesterday morning with this matcha. I had about 1.5tsp of it from Sil, so whisked that into some hot milk, and took a sniff… delicious! I was thinking about just making a regular milk latte with it at first (since I don’t have any plain almond milk at the moment)… until I remembered that I had dark chocolate almond milk. Sooooo I made a chocolate black cherry latte. Only problem? 1.5tsp of matcha wasn’t really enough, IMO… so I whisked up another 1-2tsp of cheesecake matcha, plus some caramel matcha (I think… I might have just used cheesecake), and added it in. It certainly looked interesting, swirling dark green matcha liquid into dark brown chocolate almond milk, but it tasted fabulous. Sadly, I forgot to drink most of it, and it ended up being forgetten at my boyfriend’s place… thankfully in the fridge, so I guess I’ll drink it before/after heading to church tomorrow. Yum!

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Sil

Well I’m glad those silly plastic containers work out. We’ll need to make sure we have them on hand again any time we’re swapping. Also it means that I’ve found a way to share matcha now in swaps, though ill see if my dollar store has bigger ones heh

Indigobloom

Also, it occured to me… that I should look for a tiny teaspoon! like the ones that come with icecream samples.
And dang that sounds amazing.

Kittenna

Sil – the amount of matcha was probably fine for anyone but me, if that’s what you were wondering. It was certainly enough for a regular-sized drink. I just wanted more, haha. Like I also said, I have tiny DT tins that I can bring along for us next time as well (they’re a bit bigger).

Indigobloom – I actually used Sil’s 1/4 teaspoon for moving matcha, and it worked great. She had a flat and a rounded set – you used the flat, and I stole the rounded one from the table where we were distributing teas. The one I used worked great.

Sil

An 1/8 th teaspoon works fine too…have one of those as well

Indigobloom

Nice. The ones I have at home are all rounded. Makes it a bit awkward heh

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Sil

Well I’m glad those silly plastic containers work out. We’ll need to make sure we have them on hand again any time we’re swapping. Also it means that I’ve found a way to share matcha now in swaps, though ill see if my dollar store has bigger ones heh

Indigobloom

Also, it occured to me… that I should look for a tiny teaspoon! like the ones that come with icecream samples.
And dang that sounds amazing.

Kittenna

Sil – the amount of matcha was probably fine for anyone but me, if that’s what you were wondering. It was certainly enough for a regular-sized drink. I just wanted more, haha. Like I also said, I have tiny DT tins that I can bring along for us next time as well (they’re a bit bigger).

Indigobloom – I actually used Sil’s 1/4 teaspoon for moving matcha, and it worked great. She had a flat and a rounded set – you used the flat, and I stole the rounded one from the table where we were distributing teas. The one I used worked great.

Sil

An 1/8 th teaspoon works fine too…have one of those as well

Indigobloom

Nice. The ones I have at home are all rounded. Makes it a bit awkward heh

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I have always been a tea fan (primarily herbals and Japanese greens/oolongs) but in the last year or so, tea has become increasingly more appealing as not only a delicious, calming drink, but as a relatively cheap, healthy reward or treat to give myself when I deserve something. I should clarify that, however; the reward is expanding my tea cupboard, not drinking tea – I place no restrictions on myself in terms of drinking anything from my cupboard as that would defeat my many goals!

My DavidsTea addiction was born in late 2011, despite having spent nearly a year intentionally avoiding their local mall location (but apparently it was just avoiding the inevitable!). I seem to have some desire to try every tea they’ve ever had, so much of my stash is from there, although I’ve recently branched out and ordered from numerous other companies.

I like to try and drink all my teas unaltered, as one of the main reasons I’m drinking tea other than for the flavour is to be healthy and increase my water intake without adding too many calories! I’ve found that the trick in this regard is to be very careful about steeping time, as most teas are quite pleasant to drink straight as long as they haven’t been oversteeped. However, I tend to be forgetful (particularly at work) when I don’t set a timer, resulting in a few horrors (The Earl’s Garden is not so pleasant after, say, 7+ minutes of steeping).

I’m currently trying to figure out which types of teas are my favourites. Herbals are no longer at the top; oolongs have thoroughly taken over that spot, with greens a reasonably close second. My preference is for straight versions of both, but I do love a good flavoured oolong (flavoured greens are really hit or miss for me). Herbals I do love iced/cold-brewed, but I drink few routinely (Mulberry Magic from DavidsTea being a notable exception). I’m learning to like straight black teas thanks to the chocolatey, malty, delicious Laoshan Black from Verdant Tea, and malty, caramelly flavoured blacks work for me, but I’m pretty picky about anything with astringency. Lately I’ve found red rooibos to be rather medicinal, which I dislike, but green rooibos and honeybush blends are tolerable. I haven’t explored pu’erh, mate, or guayasa a great deal (although I have a few options in my cupboard).

I’ve decided to institute a rating system so my ratings will be more consistent. Following the smiley/frowny faces Steepster gives us:

100: This tea is amazing and I will go out of my way to keep it in stock.

85-99: My core collection (or a tea that would be, if I was allowing myself to restock everything!) Teas I get cravings for, and drink often.

75-84: Good but not amazing; I might keep these in stock sparingly depending on current preferences.

67-74: Not bad, I’ll happily finish what I have but probably won’t ever buy it again as there’s likely something rated more highly that I prefer.

51-66: Drinkable and maybe has some aspect that I like, but not really worth picking up again.

34-50: Not for me, but I can see why others might like it. I’ll make it through the cup and maybe experiment with the rest to get rid of it.

0-33: It’s a struggle to get through the cup, if I do at all. I will not willingly consume this one again, and will attempt to get rid of the rest of the tea if I have any left.

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