6444 Tasting Notes
Sipdown (286)
Made this in one of my new T2 teacups and I know it’s in my head but I think that made this taste better. It’s got a nice strawberry candy flavor but the green tea base coupled with the currant is coming off sharp and drying. Still enjoyable enough though so thank you Roswell Strange for sharing!
Matcha Latte Sipdown (287)
I have been enjoying this one today. The butter element that seems to be so strong in the other Three 6 Tea caramel matchas is a bit muted here which allows the sweeter and more realized caramel notes to come through. There is also a touch of toastiness that you would get in a macaroon. I think I still prefer DAVIDs caramel matcha but this is a good alternative. Thank you Roswell Strange for sending these along!
Iced Matcha Sipdown (286)
I’m actually surprised this has pretty good lemonade flavor without adding actual lemonade to it. A touch of grassiness but mostly lemonade. Not really any raspberry flavor though and as I keep drinking, it is sort of chalky. I don’t know if it like it or not if I’m being honest but I think that’s just because my aversion of the grassy flavor of matchas.
Latte Sipdown (288)
My sister bought me a chai sampler pack and a black tea sampler pack from Vahdam for Channukah. Today I was sort of just relaxing on the couch after class. Together my brother-in-law and I watch Ratched and we had 3 episodes left so we binged them while my sister did some work. Then I realized it was after 4 pm and I hadn’t had a cup of tea. I wasn’t feeling my usual matcha latte today so I went for a chai latte instead.
I used the whole sample for the package. It was a weird amount of leaf that was just shy of what I would use for a 16 oz latte so I debated about making a 12 oz latte instead but just committed to the 16. Maybe I should have gone for the 12 oz though because this is a bit bland. I get cinnamon but its flat. Like I know there is spice here but its all muted. Perhaps the others will be more successful…
I cold brewed this for more than 24 hours because I got lazy and didn’t want to strain it last night. Today it had an interesting purple/grey color. However, I did not get a lot of flavor. Perhaps the slightest touch of lemon – as if I just put some sliced lemon into water. Otherwise, nothing. I will have to try this again with different methods.
Iced Matcha Sipdown (289)
This was the matcha that was in the advent the day that I build my tea cabinet. It was busy and I didn’t get to it then but it seemed like a good one to enjoy today. I have been having my matchas as lattes almost daily for a while now but decided to go different with this one. I think that was not the best choice.
I know I like this matcha. I do not like this iced matcha version of it. I get hit with sugar than strawberry candy than sweet grass. In that order. And its all a bit fake and gross. I have not had this issue before and I think maybe this flavor would have worked better hot or as a latte/iced latte. So now I know.
Sipdown of the bag Roswell Strange shared with me but I have more in my stash so this number isn’t changing. Thank you Roswell Strange for the share and the chance to try this so I knew if I wanted more during it’s limited availability!
Today I made it as a teapop. It’s actually pretty close to a cola flavor, except the weird dollar store/off brand cola that could have been alright in a pinch as a kid but isn’t Coca Cola. Honestly for a tea , that’s pretty good.
Matcha Latte Sipdown (290)
Three 6 Tea has a really buttery caramel flavor and I don’t know how much I like it. I am comparing it to the Salted Caramel Matcha that DAVIDs came out with last year and I certainly prefer the caramel flavor DAVIDs has to offer. That doesn’t mean this caramel is bad, its just very different and not particularly what I am looking for. It’s sweet and distinctively caramel but it coats your mouth and that caramel dissolves into a more butter-like aftertaste. I guess that makes sense though since butter is a key ingredient to caramel.
As for the chai, it really doesn’t make much of an appearance in this mug beyond cinnamon. It’s cinnamon butter caramel.
