Went after a career fair that ended up being a disaster (wasting 5 hrs of my time does not make me happy.) One of their nutritional boosters is matcha! Even if this is sweetened like Starbucks’ “matcha”, I’m fine w/ it- and I need matcha right now… so what to put it in? I was taking forever deciding (letting people go ahead of me of course) and the person at the counter asked, quite impatiently, if I was ready to order. I politely said I had it narrowed down between two and she asked which. I said I was debating between the chocolate chiller (chocolate and yogurt) w/ matcha or the strawberry beach (strawberry and yogurt) w/ matcha. She suddenly turned up her nose, made a face and said, “Well… um… matcha is green tea and it has a flavor, I don’t think it would be good with chocolate” Sigh… breathe… smile… I politely replied, “I’m well aware of what matcha is and drink it several times a day- and I love the combo of matcha and chocolate. Matcha hot chocolate is the best.” I decided to go w/ that since I don’t really like yogurt based fruit smoothies and was hoping the chocolate would cover the yogurt taste as I don’t like the yogurt/matcha combo either . (I think it would have been good though cuz it ended up tasting like frozen yogurt) and it was amazing! And chocolate in any from before 8am is absofreakinlutely amazing! =D After a few sips I thanked her again for the smoothie and told her it was very good. The shock on her face was almost as much as when I ordered it. Why must people not only insult your tastes but imply (or come right out and say) you don’t know what you’re talking about?
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What I most enjoy from obtaining samples from companies to review is that it helps me to better learn to drink and review teas from a more objective perspective, meaning more of the “This tea is…” point of view rather than the “I like/don’t like” this tea. I feel objectivism in tea reviews is EXTREMELY important because no two tea drinkers tastes are exactly the same. I’ve also been extremely surprised by several teas. I love recieving a sample I think I will be only writing an objective review on, only to completely fall in love with it upon tasting it.
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Tea tastes:
I will ALWAYS pick loose leaf over tea bags. I only drink bagged tea if that’s my only choice or I find a flavor that I can’t find a loose leaf version for. When I do drink bagged; however, I always weigh my bag and am constantly curious as to the weight/flavor ratio- sometimes I am quite surprised by the flavor punch of light bags.
I have a preference for organic and fair trade teas (preferably both), but would never pass up an amzing tea just because it isn’t organic and/or fair trade.
I love savory teas.
I’m currently searching for a chai flavored soy powder or a soy based chai mix (either already mixed or a recipe).
I hardly EVER sweeten my teas. I feel that sweeteners (unless flavored like tea honeys, brown sugar, ice cream topping syrups, flavored coffee syrups, etc) do not add anything to the flavor profile of tea- in fact, I’ve found that they dumb down the flavors.
I NEVER serve my tea over regular iced cubes- I always make tea cubes.
I LOVE cooking w/ tea and making smoothTEAS.
I LOVE tea blending.
I rarely drink herbal teas unless they are mixed with true teas. My favorite herbals to mix with true teas are: spearmint, peppermint, lemongrass, rose hips, and gingeroot.
I can’t stand anything w/ fennel or anise. Hot black teas (except orange pekoe bagged tea that you get when you go out to eat and chai teas) tend to upset my stomach.
I drink matcha daily and love flavoring it. I’m also in a constant search of preflavored matchas.
I’m constantly searching for information on how to prepare tea authentically according to its country of origin.
My Tasting Notes Ratings (edited 8/8/10)
1: I can’t even stand the raw leaf enough to make this (I’ve never owned a tea w/ this rating, but I’ve smelled some before buying resulting in me NOT buying them that were that bad)
2: I steeped this tea but couldn’t stand the aroma enough to get it past my nose
3: I immediately gagged at the 1st sip and spit it out.
4: I manageed to get the 1st sip down, but I tossed the rest.
5: I drank the 1st cup but I can’t bring myself to resteep
6: Made it thru the entire set of infusions but I can’t bring myself to tinker w/ the parameters and won’t be making it again.
7-10: Does not taste anything like the ingredients or name suggests (i.e. Adagio’s Sour apple)
11-25: I can taste some of the ingredients, but the flavor is severely lacking
25-49: Teas that I would not consider bad in their flavor profile, but certainly below average
50: Average.
51-69: Teas above averge, but I wouldn’t go as far as calling them “good”.
70-75: Very good, but still room for improvement
76-85: Above average flavor profile
86-90: REALLY good flavors
91-99: Almost PERFECTLY achieves the goal of the ingredients and name of the tea.
100: Abosolutely perfect teas!
Other Interests: GOD! and all things pertaining to Him and His children, my dog Madison, travelling, and coffee.
Favorite Music: ANYTHING Christian. I don’t normally listen to secular music, but I do love jazz and swing.
Favorite Movies: Romantic comedies mostly. My Sister’s Keeper, P.S. I Love You, Fireproof, National Treasure Trilogy (I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 3rd ONE TO COME OUT!), Night at the Museum 1 & 2, Sister Act 1 & 2, Yes Man, Bruce & Evan Almighty, rarely watch animated movies but LOVE anything 3D.
Favorite Books: THE BIBLE!!! & My Sister’s Keeper
Favorite Quotes: “A sad soul can kill you far quicker than a germ”- John Stienbeck "
Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing”- Aristotle
“You should always carry burdens, but they should never be your own”- me
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
“Mom was right, ‘because I say so’ is enough- at least when it comes to God.”- me
Favorite Foods: fried calamari, lemon chicken, anything w/ buffalo sauce.
Favorite Places: WA state, Switzerland, Orlando
Places I Want to Visit: Hawaii, Africa
Anything Else: I was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida which is the failure of the spinal column to close en utero. Because of this I am a parapelegic and use a manual wheelchair.
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Oshkosh, WI
I know what you mean and I am happy the matcha turned out well but sorry the career fair was a bust.