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“Side-by-side matcha tasting. I’m pitting this one against Bird & Blend. I knew the moment I opened the tins which was the winner but since you are here for the ride let’s drag out the answer...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown theme: Japanese Tea Not a sip down yet but I will be working toward it this month. Preparation: Straight Tasting Note: This is certainly a grassy, bold matcha. I tried it straight this time...” Read full tasting note
This ceremonial matcha is from the city of Nishio of Aichi Prefecture. It is very smooth, sweet and creamy. For use as both usucha and koicha. A beautiful, sublime matcha for your morning ritual.
Each tin is 30 grams and sealed. Best used within 1 month of opening.
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Side-by-side matcha tasting. I’m pitting this one against Bird & Blend. I knew the moment I opened the tins which was the winner but since you are here for the ride let’s drag out the answer like a recipe with a life story in front of it. Open opening the package of Cultivate I was greeted with fairly nicely green-colored powder and a slightly chocolate, slightly frozen parmesan smell. Which from what I’ve learned means that it’s a higher grade matcha but it may have been sitting out in un-proper conditions. The flavor is heavy in umami. Smooth mouthfeel with very little grit, despite my lack of siting and terrible whisking. I am drinking this thick so it’s quite a punch to the face Bits of seaweed and light hay notes as well. I drank this one first assuming the other wasn’t going to be too bad. I was wrong and now I need to go put something else in my mouth.
Sipdown theme: Japanese Tea
Not a sip down yet but I will be working toward it this month.
Preparation: Straight
Tasting Note: This is certainly a grassy, bold matcha. I tried it straight this time but maybe I would see how if fairs as a latte. It wasn’t as smoothly, silky textured as the previous Cultivate tea matcha I had, which was “Seihou” I think. So it had a tiny bit of grit which puts it a little lower on my scale. I also prefer sweet vegetal, floral, citrus, creamy or nutty matcha profiles so this is not hitting the mark for me right now. The color of the matcha was pretty vivid still. Again, it seems that the aluminum sealed tin cans really do a good job of keeping the tea fresh over time. I am impressed this tea was in my cabinet unopened for over a year and the tea still looks vividly green.
Side note: It is my first year purchasing Tea advents and I think I may need to come up with a creative way to drink them. I bought two matcha one and two loose leaf ones and I think that is probably waaay too much caffeinated tea for me in one day for 24 days. Maybe I will save two of them for January? Or start them early, if I get them in November *(No spoilers I promise, to keep my notes offline until their official release).
I loved doing the advents last year! I hope you enjoy it just as much! We had to get creative with our jelly advent – no way we are going to manage to eat toast every single day in December, so we started it early and finished it by the end of December.
For tea, I plan to do one of them very strictly and the other with a lot more freedom since it is identical to one I did last year. I will also try not to post any spoilers!
Ha, I buy several advent calendars each year because it’s a great way to try lots of flavors. Then I spend the entire year drinking them.
Glad to know there is the strict and not so strict approach to advents here.
