TIAN HU SHAN Matcha Powder 15.3oz/434g Culinary Macha for Latte Baking

i take matcha as a natural source of it's healthy properties, otherwise i'm not much of a tea person. i have never forked out top dollar for matcha but i have tried a few other brands that were definitely much more expensive than this and i don't notice much difference including the cheapest ceremonial i could find and a couple other culinary- mine is a deeper green colored fine powder- not bright but not yellowed or brown, all have tasted bitter but just a typical strong green tea flavor to me when prepared as a traditional cup of hot tea. i have mixed 1/4 tsp with chai spices in room temp water in morning, or 1/2 tsp with a tulsi moringa teabag in hot water, and add 1 tsp to cold coconut milk smoothie at lunch (plus gelatin, strawberries, beetroot powder, mct & other supplements etc,) all are palatable and not noticeable in the smoothie for sure. comes from china not japan if that matters to you- but this mixes well and i have been happier with this for my uses over previous more expensive brands. update: my current preference is with cold water (FL so mostly hotter weather,) taken at noon with moringa and tulsi powders, recently added fenugreek powder which is bitter too- and found that by adding a generous amount of salt (Baja) cuts bitterness significantly- we're told salt is bad but most of us need more and I use a good salt so this works very well for me. it tastes better sweetened but i don't, and creamy with cold coconut milk is my favorite but I have to steer away from the fat (gerd) so that's not a healthy habit for me.

This was a learning experience. I'd never bought Matcha powder before. I've had Matcha Lattes at Starbucks & Soylent Matcha Flavor Boosters & such. Seemed like a good idea to buy it in bulk to mix my own. So the learning experience? First off this is a product of China. That is clearly stated in description so I won't rate it down for that. 2nd this is unsweetened matcha powder so very bitter. That should be expected being a green tea so I won't rate it down for that either. I just never realized Starbucks & Soylent add so much extra sweetener to counter that bitterness. So for this I mixed 2 heaping teaspoons of Matcha to my Original Flavor Soylent drink. It turned REALLY GREEN. I definitely added too much matcha powder. YIKES! Next time I'll use less, not so much on the heaping. For this strong mix I went proceeded to shake it up to mix it real good & try it out. So bitter! Strong unsweet tea. So I added a pack of artificial sweetener. Still too bitter. Two packs of sweetener? That was good. Not overly sweet like Starbucks Matcha Latte. Good caffeine boost as well. How much caffeine? Reading on that they Estimate 1/2 tsp = 3g matcha = 100mg of caffeine. So 1 tsp = 6g matcha = 200mg of caffeine. So my heaping 2 tsp was maybe 3 tsp so 18g of Matcha that would be around 600mg of caffeine in one serving. Yikes. Be careful. That was too strong. UPDATE: After making many many drinks, I always add in 1tsp of matcha & 1tsp of sweetener to flavor my drink & it is just right. Overall I am VERY Satisfied with this purchase & will consider buying more in the future to flavor my Soylent. I got many many many servings out of this package. Thanks.

you get a LOT of matcha in the bag. And most recipes only call for tablespoons at a time so you can get a lot of milage from it. Its nice quality, could be better but for the price it's pretty good. Very bright green and fragrant when you first open it, which is great. also, this is CULINARY grade matcha. it is NOT for drinking. culinary grade is of "lower" quality than ceremonial grade matcha, which is what is used in drinks. so it has a grasser flavor profile and not as sweet as other matchas, but that's how it should be for culinary grade matcha

It’s pretty good but extremely bitter. It’s like the equivalent of black coffee in the matcha world, suuupperrr bitter and not sweet at all, but you get sooooo much for the price

Tastes just like the pricy ceremonial tea. Great value. Great taste. Dissolves quickly.

I tried to cheap out on matcha for money reasons, and I've paid the price. I will now be digging myself out of this waste of money by the teaspoon until it's all gone. If you end up like me and hate it, I'd recommend trying to find some way to turn this into a baking item, to take up larger amounts. Or, if you're less guilt ridden about tossing technically edible food, throw it out. But I can almost guarantee that if you've tasted any green tea before you'll know the difference between good and bad, then realize this purchase is a waste of money. Even with larger amounts of honey, agave, syrups, milk, cream — 5 grams of the stuff is vile. And yes, I've brewed at low temperatures, I've used completely cool water, I've used hot water, I've used tap and well-filtered. Literally. Nothing. Improves it. Don't make my mistake and let this low quality matcha cling to your palette. Avoid!

This is an excellent quality, totally iridescent green matcha, with no off smells or consistency problems. Not the expensive Japanese stuff, but to tally excellent and passable for my matcha needs. Can't get a better price anywhere.

All I have to say is be careful. This tea is extremely strong. I accidentally put a tablespoon instead of a teaspoon and I felt so amped up it was pretty wild when I read the package and realized that 1 teaspoon is equivalent to 11 cups of tea. I just realized I broke my record and the most caffeine I ever drank in my life. They didn’t hit me for about an hour and then I was just like OK what’s going on? I feel so stinking high. That’s when my wife told me that 1 teaspoon is equivalent to 11 cups of tea and I didn’t realize that and I took a full tablespoon rounded tablespoon and threw it in my protein drink and just shot it down a little did I know I was about to takeoff and going into orbit for about five hours It was quite the ride anyway anyways be careful. It’s good tea taste good. It’s just super potent. I mean, if you want to experience the right of your life go ahead do rounded tablespoon but I’m telling you have somebody next to you that can calm you down Blessings😳🤪😂