Maeda-en Shiki Matcha

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Maeda-en Shiki Matcha

by silverneedles » Feb 4th, '09, 04:09

anyone had this?
seems dusty-powdery to my mouth, add a coughing sensation :/
astringent, not smooth, not sweet, not creamy :\
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8.99/1oz box but shoulda not
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by guitar9876 » Feb 5th, '09, 05:03

one of my first matchas! tastes.... what you said!
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by Salsero » Feb 5th, '09, 05:05

I didn't think matcha could be that bad. Where did it come from?
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by TaiPing Hou Kui » Feb 5th, '09, 05:07

I would personally be very weary of a matcha that costs aroun $10/oz ...........in my dealing with Japanese greens I have found that most of the time you really do get what you pay for......I have not tried this particular matcha but in my experience...the ones that I have gotten that cost $40/40grams are better than the ones I bought that were $30/40grams and so on....you will find a rare exception but not too often.

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by Chip » Feb 5th, '09, 05:09

Sounds like food grade at that price and not Japanese?

Plus it is rare for matcha to be sold by the ounce ...
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by silvermage2000 » Feb 5th, '09, 23:10

That could either be a dud. Or mabe the quality. That doesn't sound good at all. Mabe you should try something else.
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by silverneedles » Feb 6th, '09, 00:56

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by Pentox » Feb 6th, '09, 00:59

Ah the Maeda-en matcha.

Yeah I've had that. Stuff was kinda bad. It was one of my firsts. After that I moved on to Koyama-en. (Good move on my part). I ended up using what was left of the can for matcha lattes and ice cream.