865 Tasting Notes
Needed something sweet after dinner, so I made chai drinking chocolate! 1tsp chai steeped in 1/3c milk (the hottest you can get it w/ scorching and making a mess), then added 3TB drinking chocolate mix. Sooo good…
Preparation
2nd infusion, 7min. Made “clean the pot chai” which is the term I’ve coined for making the 2nd infusion of chai after a chai latte w/o cleaning the pot or the cup. While you don’t add any extra milk, any residue left in the pot and cup flavor the 2nd cup- I had chocolate in mine due to making drinking chocolate. Although this wasn’t true clean the pot chai because I added 2oz cold brewed coffee to the 6oz water. I’ll make a tru clean the pot chai later.
Sigh… I still have my headache so I need something comforting w/ caffeine and a short steeping time (I have no patience waiting for tea when I’m not feeling well) so I went for this. Sadly I’m running very low on my sample… maybe another teaspoon if I’m lucky. :(
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Ugh… 1st a cold that knocks me on my butt for over a week, then I have a headache for 18 hrs and counting. Steeped ROT’s Get Relaxed (8oz water for 9 min 20 sec) and used that to make my matcha hoping that’d get rid of my headache. Sad… my 1st matcha purchase is gone… :,(
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1 scoop in my Yoplait light fat free black berry yogurt. Unfortunately the black berry was too strong for me to really taste the matcha, but this is a great breakfast or study break snack for when there’s no time to even make a bowl of matcha. Adding matcha to yogurt adds wonderful health benefits like the amino acid L-theanine, vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber- along w/ a lil caffeine.
I have vanilla yogurt in the frige that I bet would be even better. I was just hoping the matcha would come thru in the black berry one.
You should totally get some from Den’s. They’re giving away free Lucky Gold Tea w/ every purchase over $30. I can’t even begin to comprehend crummy matcha. What kind do you have?
I honestly can’t tell what kind it is. Got it at an International Market just to try and it is nasty bitter junk.
Sad! I didn’t think bad matcha was even possible:( This is the only Den’s matcha I’ve tried, but I’m going to order the matcha Miyabi next time.
Okay, you’ve inspired me to order some of this. Just wondering, what does matcha taste like? I’ve had matcha ice cream before, but never actual matcha tea. Is it bitter? Sweet? Savory?
New leaves. White chocolate spiced rum chai latte. 1tsp chai/1TB white chocolate creamer/1TB spiced rum creamer/3oz milk. I was hoping the white chocolate would bring out the complexity of the spices and the spiced rum creamer would increase them, but it didn’t work. Basically a sweet, slightly spicy milk w/ a very light tea taste.
Preparation
Same leaves from last nite. 2nd steep, 7 min, 6oz water + 1TB spiced rum creamer. I added spiced rum creamer instead of milk because I’m hoping it will give the chai the depth it was lacking clean. I increased the steeping time by 2 min instead of one to make sure that the chai stood up to the creamer since the 1st infusion was lighter than I expected. Disappointed. I think I might be getting a hint of warmth from the chili, but beyond that it’s just watered down spiced rum creamer.
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Woke up REALLY FREAKIN COLD! The wind chill was -20 last nite (not sure about this morning) and mom forgot to pay the propane bill so we had no heat this morning. Thank God the guy could be here by 8:30. So I needed an extra warm feeling in my mouth besides just hot matcha. So I added some ginger. 1.5g steeped in 8oz water for 3min then added that w/ a scoop of matcha to my bowl. The ginger didn’t really affect the tast too much, just bit my tongue a bit and took away some of the sweetness of the matcha. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love this matcha, but I do think it’s just a tad too sweet and this balances it out perfectly.
Preparation
Got a bit of this from Carolyn!=D A lot have you have probably heard me talk about this one. I love a chai w/ chili and this one is even better because it doesn’t have any licorice or fennel. My only beef is that it’s decaf. Caffeine and tea to me are kinda like alcohol and beer (except I don’t drink beer lol) to me, unless there’s a medical reason or religious conviction not to consume the 1st, I don’t see a reason not to:)
I tweaked the steeping parameters just a bit. Because some of the weight is spices, I used 1tsp (~2.5g) and heated the water to just below boiling because I didn’t want to kill the health benefits of the tea.
Taken clean. Inspite of using slightly more tea than suggested the liquor is a dark reddish brown, lighter than I expected. The aroma is typical of a chai. Hmmm… Interesting… The tea base is quite strong and spice is the chili. The other spices provide a light warmth, but are lighter than in most chais I’ve had. I’ll have it w/ milk tomore before giving my final decison.