I’ve had this for quite a while, but just haven’t been bothering with matcha at all. Um, how long does matcha stay good?
So I don’t actually know exactly how lattes are made, but I did my best this morning. I combined 3/4 hot milk with 1/4 boiling water and 1.5 tsp of this matcha, and then used my little frother device to get it all mixed up. That’s probably completely wrong, but hey it tasted good and isn’t that what truly matters?
So this definitely has a sweetness, that with the milk is almost too much for me, but I don’t like my drinks to be overly sweet. There is also a bit of a buttery flavor that makes me think of popcorn. This isn’t bad, but isn’t my favorite. However, I don’t know enough about matcha to really say much about the quality
Flavors: Butter, Sweet
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Do you keep it in the fridge?
I read it’s good for about a year? I can’t imagine you’d need to absolutely throw it out at the 365 day mark, though.
Yeah I’m sure it’s fine :)
Does keeping it in the fridge preserve it? And I really don’t remember when I got this, but it might be right around a year actually
I keep mine in the fridge. But I know there are conflicting schools of thought on matcha storage especially flavored matcha!
The downside of refrigerator storage is that when you open the packet, the cold interior attracts water, which then remains with the tea. The water attracts oxygen and the tea can in theory go bad in ways it wouldn’t in the room.
On the other hand, the main way that a tea ages is via oxidation, a chemical process. One fact that has stuck with my from my physical chemistry class so many years ago is that the rate of a chemical reaction doubles with every 10 degree C increase in temperature. So going from room temperature (about 18 C) to abut 3-5 C in the refrigerator should reduce the aging to roughly 30-40% of what you’d get at room temperature.
Do you keep it in the fridge?
I read it’s good for about a year? I can’t imagine you’d need to absolutely throw it out at the 365 day mark, though.
Yeah I’m sure it’s fine :)
Does keeping it in the fridge preserve it? And I really don’t remember when I got this, but it might be right around a year actually
I keep mine in the fridge. But I know there are conflicting schools of thought on matcha storage especially flavored matcha!
The downside of refrigerator storage is that when you open the packet, the cold interior attracts water, which then remains with the tea. The water attracts oxygen and the tea can in theory go bad in ways it wouldn’t in the room.
On the other hand, the main way that a tea ages is via oxidation, a chemical process. One fact that has stuck with my from my physical chemistry class so many years ago is that the rate of a chemical reaction doubles with every 10 degree C increase in temperature. So going from room temperature (about 18 C) to abut 3-5 C in the refrigerator should reduce the aging to roughly 30-40% of what you’d get at room temperature.