Jan 22nd, '15, 10:24
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by Drax » Jan 22nd, '15, 10:24
So a did a quick scan of this article, which includes some interesting speculation toward the end.
https://www.yahoo.com/food/matcha-is-th ... 84926.html
The most amusing thing to me was the mention toward the end that matcha from coffee shops are mostly "pure sugar" and that you can tell because of the light color -- and that's exactly how the matcha in the picture at the top of the article looks.
Jan 22nd, '15, 13:17
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by MEversbergII » Jan 22nd, '15, 13:17
Aw man, I wish I lived in a hipster neighborhood
M.
Jan 22nd, '15, 15:27
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by Evan Draper » Jan 22nd, '15, 15:27
MEversbergII wrote:Aw man, I wish I lived in a hipster neighborhood
Wish I DIDN'T
just visited a new establishment called "the bar(n)"
<shudder>
drink your matcha in PEACE
(i.e. in a caffeine-fueled giggle fest, but with not so many people around)
Jan 22nd, '15, 15:29
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by Evan Draper » Jan 22nd, '15, 15:29
Drax wrote:and that's exactly how the matcha in the picture at the top of the article looks.
"mmm, restaurant grade, reasonably oxidized, notes of barley...2011?"
Jan 22nd, '15, 19:13
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by bonescwa » Jan 22nd, '15, 19:13
Stupid hipsters and their organic locally-sourced free-range artisan matcha
Jan 22nd, '15, 19:14
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by bonescwa » Jan 22nd, '15, 19:14
Bet it would be 12.95 per serving. And you'd have to watch some dude with a civil war beard whip it up and act like he knows about it.
Jan 22nd, '15, 22:37
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by chingwa » Jan 22nd, '15, 22:37
I suppose it's possible for the dude with the civil war beard to actually know and appreciate matcha.......
....but not likely.
Jan 23rd, '15, 12:27
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by Evan Draper » Jan 23rd, '15, 12:27
MINE IS A QUAKER BEARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Jan 23rd, '15, 12:50
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by Pig Hog » Jan 23rd, '15, 12:50
Evan Draper wrote:MINE IS A QUAKER BEARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH
You're not welcome here anymore.
Jan 23rd, '15, 17:24
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by Chip » Jan 23rd, '15, 17:24
... quakers are 99% less likely to get involved in a flame war!
Jan 26th, '15, 10:10
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by Evan Draper » Jan 26th, '15, 10:10
Chip wrote:... quakers are 99% less likely to get involved in a flame war!
You haven't been on our message boards, I see. They're just longer and hand-wringier.
Jan 26th, '15, 11:59
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by Chip » Jan 26th, '15, 11:59
Evan Draper wrote:Chip wrote:... quakers are 99% less likely to get involved in a flame war!
You haven't been on our message boards, I see. They're just longer and hand-wringier.
Well, fewer fatalities anyway.
Jan 27th, '15, 03:05
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by mcrdotcom » Jan 27th, '15, 03:05
Perhaps we could bring our own matcha and show them how it's done
Haha they speak about a "calm alertness"... I've never experienced anything "calm" from a matcha high!
Jan 27th, '15, 08:55
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by MEversbergII » Jan 27th, '15, 08:55
I've been meaning to get matcha ware anyways...can't let some phony hipster outdo me!
M.
