Lavender Matcha from Red Leaf Tea

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green (Matcha)

Where to Buy:  Red Leaf Tea

Tea Description:

Lavender Matcha’s delectable taste is unforgettable because of its hint of mysterious origins. This special Matcha is quite enjoyable in many dressings, sauces and favorite deserts. This gives them the added flavor and color to differentiate them from refreshment offerings of similar treats. Lavender Matcha is a rare treat that marks the subtle floral differences in many fine dishes. It is the kitchen’s aromatic friend.

Learn more about this Lavender flavored Matcha here.

Taster’s Review:

I love lavender!  I love floral teas anyway, but lavender is one of my favorite floral tastes in a tea.  So I was excited to try this Lavender Matcha.

For this particular Matcha, I went against my “usual” go-to ordering specifications, and ordered the basic/starter Matcha with a delicate level of flavoring.  I do love lavender, but with floral tastes, if the floral note is too strong in the tea, it ends up tasting more like soap or Aunt Hilda’s perfume than it does tea.  And I want tea in my chawan … not soap!

Oh wow!  It SMELLS so good!  When I cut open the pouch and started scooping the matcha into my sifter, the beautiful fragrance of lavender filled my nostrils and the entire room!  Wow!  Such a wonderful aroma!  It is so strong though, that I worried that it might be TOO strong … that the lavender might be too strongly flavored and end up tasting a bit like soap rather than like a delicately flavored Matcha as I intended.

Lavender is typically a flower/scent that is used to help enhance a sense of calm and relaxation, and is often used in night time blends to help encourage a good night’s rest.  So I thought that a combination of lavender and Matcha would be interesting (for lack of a better word to use) since I find Matcha to be very invigorating.  With the calming quality of lavender, and the stimulating quality of Matcha, does it just sort of even out … offering maybe a state of relaxed invigoration?  These are the things that I ponder as I wait for the kettle to heat my water.

And even though I did worry about the level of flavoring, I think that the delicate flavoring is just PERFECT.  At least for me, as a lover of lavender, it’s perfect.  It tastes strongly of lavender, but, it doesn’t taste soapy.  It tastes like lavender and Matcha!

The Matcha seems to take on an entirely different taste with the lavender … it  still has it’s vegetative taste, but it somehow tastes fresher … slightly grassy but in a fresh, sweet spring grass kind of way.  It tastes sweeter.  I usually state a bittersweet kind of flavor from the Matcha, but I don’t taste that here.  It just tastes SWEET.  Beautifully, deliciously sweet.

And the lavender has a sharpness to it that really seems to perk up the palate in a unique way that I find refreshing.  And I do feel that sense of calm from the lavender, but I also feel the invigorating power of the Matcha … it is really nice and quite a beautiful way to enjoy Matcha.  I think I might get some ingredients to make ice cream soon and try THIS matcha as an ice cream!   I’ll be sure to keep you posted on that!