Matcha Moon Daily Zen Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder - All-Purpose Cafe Grade, Bursting with Antioxidants & L-Theanine - From Uji, Kyoto Japan - 100g Value Tin

I'm not an expert matcha drinker, but I have had enough matcha lattes that I've had good and bad ones. When I started making them at home, I knew to order ceremonial, not culinary grade, and have really been enjoying the Spring Zen blend of this matcha. Unfortunately, I've been using it up pretty fast, so I needed to try something a little more economical. This Premium Cafe grade seemed like it would be a safe choice for my latte needs and the larger size would definitely last longer. I tried it today and I actually preferred the flavor more than the other blend, it was more pronounced. This blend is perfect for lattes, where the Spring Zen would be better for just straight matcha. I preferred the smell of the Spring Zen as I whisked it to the Premium Cafe. Very happy with both blends and have really enjoyed getting into matcha and matcha lattes with them.

I'm used to drinking ceremonial matcha, and I wanted to try Matcha Moon's Daily matcha as it was more affordable for how much matcha I drink. It's perfect for cold brews and lattes! I haven't baked with it, but I find it perfectly suited for making drinks. I've tried drinking it straight after a quick whisk with a chasen, which actually wasn't as terrible as I thought considering this is culinary grade. As for the matcha itself, I like the quality - it's a very bright green and it definitely tastes fresh. Packaging is great, but the opaque plastic cap inside the tin can gets stuck inside the tin can when I push it in too hard. Excited to try Matcha Moon's Ceremonial grade once I run through this product.

I went with this brand after several late late nights of research and I currently only drink matcha with milk currently, so this one was perfect. I'll eventually go towards ceramonial grade, but for now, I'm fine. The aroma was nice, but 10/10 would not recommend drinking this grade by itself. Too astringent and bitter.

The shipping was overall very quick which was great, matcha is my morning coffee. Upon opening I noticed the pigementation, it was a deep hyper pigmented green like hulk gamma green. The smell reminded me of wheatgreass almost a little sweet but not so much matcha. I'm used to a nice bright but light green matcha, my other amazon vendor stopped selling their 4 oz matcha and their 1 oz is a bad deal so I thought I'd try this one. I thought whatever it might a more mature plant with higher levels of chlorophyll but making a latte as I do with it isn't great. I use a traditional whisk and add a little sugar with almond milk in mine, as I am sipping on it I note much more the milk and sugar, the taste of matcha has totally died and isn't at all what I'm used to. Perhaps I need to try the culinary grade, I made the choice based on photos of the matcha given by the vendor and thought this one matched closely but let me tell you it really doesn't. If you don't mind matcha just sitting there not really doing anything but coloring a food it's not bad but from a guy who goes to Starbucks for Iced Green Tea Lattes (matcha) with 3 -4 extra scoops this is not the matcha I love.

I loved this matcha, great for lates - only 3 calories. It’s fantastic to have finally found a matcha that isn’t too bitter and doesn’t have any sweeteners. 10/10 would purchase again.