Sweet Matcha - Organic Japanese Sweetened Green Tea Powder for Cafe-Quality Matcha Drinks, Hot or Iced - 4.4 Ounces (Pack of 1)

I'm a former Starbucks Barista and I use this to make matcha tea lattes at home! Tastes like the real thing.

Really good-tasting matcha for a really good price. I like that there is no need to sweeten. But the instructions, if followed directly, do require so much milk - like 1/3 of a carton for an oat milk user like me, which adds up and goes through it fast. Same with the amount of powder they call for. I don't think that's the best idea. I make matcha drinks at my job with the high quality bitter matcha grounds, cold and hot. With that, I was taught to whisk it in cool water (small portion, like 1/4 teaspoon powder) and then pour into a cup (either over ice or not) and then adding cold milk or frothing milk on the espresso machine. Then I stir it with a stick to incorporate the two liquids. I would recommend trying this method.

I really like my matcha to be sweet and this kind is perfect. Easy to make and delicious. If you like less sweet I’d go with something else but if you’re looking for something like Starbucks or a coffee shop then this is it.

I’ve tried so many matcha powders trying to recreate lattes I’ve had at coffee shops, and not only is this one the best I’ve tried at home but I like it more than some cafe versions I’ve paid $6+ for recently and I basically get 5-6 lattes for the price of one at a shop. It is a bit sweetened but that just means I don’t need to add any syrups, and there’s absolutely no bitter/overly earthy flavor in this which the sugar might be helping with. I wish they also made an unsweetened one that’s otherwise the same product but that’s okay. It has a strong flavor and is basically foolproof, I have yet to make a bad cup of it. I like to do 1 heaping tbsp of powder in 1/4 cup water at 175 degrees, then add ice and 3/4 cup of milk. Blends completely in the water and it is delicious.

Bahahaha I don’t know if you can technically call this matcha. It has SO much sugar and it barely tastes like matcha, which I’m sure, being in the U.S. there are plenty of people who like it. Anyways, I use it to sweeten the real matcha I have, but I still have to sift out some of the sugar Christal’s since it's just that sweet. No wonder it’s cheap! Cheap, sweet, and very low strength in matcha taste.