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coffee bean over starbucks anyday! :P
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i liked it ok, but you're right, it was a
little too melony, not nearly matcha-y
enough.
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For a very brief time Starbucks was making
Green Tea Latte's in Flushing, NYC. They
were decent, but kind of odd. I've made them
on my own and was much happier with mine.
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bleh....
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I wouldn't mind trying this with a little
Suntory Zen though...
www.luxist.com/entry/1234000277045304
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woah, i wonder if they have it near my house!
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omg! thanks for the info! now i'm definitely
gonna try getting myself a bottle of that
fine matcha liqueur~~~
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Have you tried one at 'Infuze Tea House' on
Denman? They got my order wrong and gave me
a 'hot' matcha instead of an iced one. It
was 30 degrees outside! I let them know and
all they did was water it down with ice cubes
and water. It ended up being warm and
tasteless. What a disappointment.
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i've never been to the denman one, but i've
been to the main branch across from the
fairmont waterfront hotel. it's a lot bigger
and with nicer designs. but that was couple
months back and so i had the hot matcha milk.
was okay, but then i always wonder what's the
big fuss about them?!
the iced matcha from take 5 cafe is already
pretty nice i think, from what i can find in
the city. somehow i just like them a lot,
great service and always friendly staff, at
all their branches (^O^)
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I think it has to do with all the
advertising, at least that's what draws me
in. :)
I've also tried the matcha frap. from Blenz
and it was on the sweet side. The best one
so far, I think, is from Renassiance Coffee.
It tasted like a green tea ice-cream
milkshake, yum.
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i used to drink matcha latte from blenz a
lot, until i discovered take 5 cafe and they
use real matcha powder~ haha
i'd love to try the one at sfu, but it's
too far for me.. i'm on the other side near
ubc =P hmm i think in the past 10 yrs i've
only been to burnaby mt like 3 times at most.
hahaha. eh well. i'm lazy.
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I finally tried the Starbucks green tea frap
today. Ohmygosh it's super sweet. I
couldn't taste the green tea flavour at all.
You're right, but I still wanted to try it...
:P The barista told me that they use real
matcha powder. Maybe she only put in 1.0 mg!
I think I've been bitten by the green tea
bug. :)
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i'm known as matcha obsessed~ haha
but i can't believe that starbucks used
real matcha powder! didn't taste one bit that
way~~~
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forgot to write this the other day.. agnes,
did you read the Metro newspapers on
Thursday? on the front cover they photo-ed
these 2 girls sipping this starbucks green
tea frap~~~ and yah, cuz of that photo i
picked one up to read... (^O^);;;
starbucks always gets publicity. ah.
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I vaguely recall seeing that picture.
Starbucks has good advertising. Whenever I
drive by Hastings and Willingdon I see this
huge green tea frap. ad.
I tried the Seattle's Best green tea latte
recently, not bad, but they make it from
concentrate. :)
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I've just given up on finding a good green
tea latte at any chain place. There's got
to be a little indie cafe in NYC that makes
them, but I've yet to find one. Its ok, I
make my own green tea lattes using my stove
top espresso maker and Ikea milk frother :)
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The matcha powder from Infuze is pretty good.
They sell their products online. It's a
little pricey though (~$30 CDN for 30 g). I
make my own these days too.
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rob, you should really try the infuze one
agnes suggested! i went to their matcha
matsuri today and it was sooo informative!
infuze uses organic matcha that's certified
by the highest european purity standards!
amazing! and that's why it's a little pricey~
but it's worth it!
i know you're serious about your coffee cuz
you said you buy blue mountain beans over the
net~ and this is like premium matcha. if
you'd like to know more tho, you could check
out the infuze site listed above by agnes, or
also check out www.matcha.co.jp. infuze has vertically integrated with that
company, AIYA, the biggest matcha supplier
who has their own plantations in japan.
and the matcha event was quite fun! agnes,
have you ever met the owner at either the
original cordova location or the new denman
one? my friends told me before that there's a
cute japanese manager, but i've never seen!
and well, today i realized he's actually the
owner! must be the guy they meant! cuz he's
SO CUTE! and young!!! XD~
i was a little bit doubtful of infuze
before in my comments saying that i didn't
know what's the big fuss about them. cuz i
find the hot matcha milk i tried there before
was just okay. BUT, today i had their iced
matcha smoothie, was SO GOOD!!! i'm
definitely gonna try to hang around there
more often now! (in hope of meeting the guy
again *LOL*)
actually i love their original store, it's
beautifully designed and has won awards. plus
they are serious enough to hire a marketing
company to brand themselves. so there, i did
know why they're popular... it was just that
i thought the product isn't as good as it's
supposed to be. but well, now all that doubt
is gone!!! THEY'RE GREAT! (^O^)v
and they'd be "great-er" if they
offer matcha snacks in their stores too,
which i did suggest to the owner today~ it
was part of the reason why i rarely frequent
their stores. cuz i love to have something to
nibble on when i have tea/coffee! so i hope
he'll really do what he said he would! bring
on the matcha snacks soooooon! (^O^)
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Cool, thanks to both of you for the links!
Oh, Agnes, I'm sorry I didn't post a reply
sooner re: Infuze. I looked at the link and
thought I had written something up, but who
knows. The past few weeks (especially the
past week) have been more than insane. I'll
say this-I've given a directive to all my
friends that no more weddings are to be held
within the next 12 months. That's it. Done.
Too many this summer alone. But I digress.
I'm definitely all about the good coffee,
though I haven't picked up any Blue Mountain
at all recently. I would, but I fear one of
my housemates would get her paws on it and
I'd go from 2 pounds to 3 crumbs in a week.
I've also considered ordering tea online.
A few years ago I got a catalog from a place
called Den's tea which seemed like a great place to order
from.
Still... having spent a ton of money on
car repairs, tux rental, wedding gift,
Burnout for XBox and PSP, and We Love
Katamari.... I can't afford awesome coffee
or tea.
For a few days at least.
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Miss Peach: Did you say cute guy and the
owner of Infuze? What a bonus! Did u get
some pics? JJ Haha.. Good tea and cute
guy, what more can you ask for? Haha...
Plaid Ninja: No worries, I just stumbled
upon this conversation again. I didn't even
realize that Miss Peach had replied to me
until now. :)
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i did try to take a pic when he was making
the presentation... but you know how that is,
he'd keep moving around so the pic didn't
turn out nice :(
and i dunno if he's at the stores here
often now... i think he flies back between
japan, van, and san fran a lot these days, as
heard from the presentation...
but yes, we should *definitely* hang around
there more often just to increase the
chances! wahahahaaa
and now everyone can take a look at the infuze matcha powder picture that agnes brilliantly took!!! (^O^)/
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If people didn't know us better, they'd think
that we were undercover Infuze salespeople.
Haha...
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HAHAHA. you're hilarious! (^O^)
and brilliant for creating the matcha madness group~!!!
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Thanks! Wow, I can't believe there's already
members in the matcha group. You have some
awesome pics. btw, love the matcha kit kats!
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hehe, i sent invitations out to my contacts,
cuz i know a few of them have awesome matcha
pix as well~
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I see you worked your magic. I was wondering
how on earth all these people knew about it
since I only sent the invite to a handful of
people. You're so popular. :)
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i tried the green tea frappe in the starbuck
in Hong Kong. maybe it's different in the
states, but the green tea flavour did come
through quite a bit there. i really quite
like it.
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I think the Starbucks green tea frapp is
overated. It tastes like cheap stuff made
from McDonald's.
I read in a newspaper article that the
green tea powder used in the Starbucks green
tea frap was adjusted to be less strong for
the North American market.
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wonderful shot!
i love starbucks!
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that looks very yummy. i love the color
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I like the Strawberry Ice coffe and carmel
Ice coffe. I remeber when I was younger I
drank alot of Tea. Haha. ^-^
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