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Product Review: Kiss Me Organics Organic Matcha [Green Tea Powder]

February 18, 2015

This post is sponsored by Kiss Me Organics. As always, opinions and reviews are entirely my own.
Have you ever tried matcha? I recently had the opportunity to review organic matcha by Kiss Me Organics. I had never heard of matcha before this opportunity presented itself. I know, I know. I must have been living in a cave. Now that I know what it is, it seems that everyone else knows what it is, too. And now that I know what it is, and all the amazing things you can do with it, I feel like I’m going to be unstoppable!
Matcha!
I already shared a matcha recipe with you earlier this week — and lucky you, I have another one to share today. That will come at the end of the review. (And stay tuned because if you like matcha or want to try it, I have two additional recipes in the works!)
Matcha butter cookies.
So what exactly is matcha? According to Wikipedia, it’s high quality, finely ground, powdered green tea. It’s full of antioxidants, it’s an energy booster, a cancer fighter — and so much more. Much more than I can properly speak to in this single post. 
Kiss Me Organics matcha is culinary grade and organic. There are several grades of matcha. Ceremony grade is optimal for drinking as a tea. Culinary grade is preferred for baking and using as an ingredient in cooking. And there are several grades between Ceremony and Culinary. You can drink culinary grade matcha as a tea, but supposedly the flavor is more of a full green tea taste as opposed to a more delicate flavor of ceremony grade. (I have no personal experience in this department.)
Since I’ve never experienced matcha before, when I first received the product, I tasted it on my finger. Big mistake. Don’t do that. It was gross. 
Kiss Me Organics thankfully supplied me with a nice pdf of recipes. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do with it. I made the Matcha Butter Cookies. The only thing I would change would be to add a bit more sugar and a tad less flour. I like my butter cookies buttery. While these were amazing, the were a little flour-heavy for my taste.
I’m going to make this simple and break it down into PROs and CONs. Check it out:
Pros
  • easy to add to virtually any recipe
  • gives food a nice healthy boost without altering much of the flavor — if anything, it adds to it
  • the packaging is resealable — very important for preserving the freshness of your matcha
  • organic!

Cons
  • if you spill it, it’s a b*tch to clean up
  • very bitter taste if taste-tested on a clean finger
  • turns everything bright green

Just for the record, my husband accidentally knocked it off the counter — not me!

So bottom line — would I recommend Kiss Me Organics Culinary Grade Matcha to friends and family? Totally. Would I warn them not to taste-test before using? Yes, most definitely.

And now that I’ve gotten the hang of matcha, I tried out one of my very own recipes! If you like Greek yogurt, honey, and matcha, this recipe is for you.

Enjoy!

Matcha Greek Yogurt with Berries

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp Kiss Me Organics matcha
  • 3/4 tsp goji berries (or sliced strawberries)
  • 1/2 tsp coconut flakes
  • 1/4 tsp hemp hearts

Directions

Spoon yogurt and honey into a bowl. Whisk with a fork until well combined. Add matcha and stir slowly until folded in — then stir more vigorously if needed.

Sprinkle coconut flakes and hemp hearts on top of yogurt, and add goji berries or strawberries. Eat and enjoy!

Matcha Greek Yogurt with Goji Berries
Have a great day, friends. 🙂
xo
Have you had matcha before?
Greek yogurt — yay or nay?

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6 Comments


Making Mindfulness
February 18, 2015 at 3:14 pm
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I LOVE Matcha! I drink a large (bowl-sized) mug of tea eat morning. It's so good for you and no weird jitters. Thanks for posting–I haven't tried that brand before.



    rfrutkin
    February 18, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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    I'm going to start incorporating more green tea in my diet. I already love green tea, and if matcha takes the health benefits up a notch, I'm totally in. 🙂

Pragati
February 18, 2015 at 3:34 pm
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ooooh matcha butter cookies?! They sound amazing. I'm a green tea drinker but I've never tried powdered matcha.



    rfrutkin
    February 18, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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    The cookies were delish… 🙂

FitNut77
February 18, 2015 at 11:53 pm
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Great recipes! And yes, I've jumped aboard the Matcha train myself. I use AI Sports Magic Matcha. I love either drinking it plain & hot, or making healthy green tea lattes with skim milk or almond milk.



    rfrutkin
    February 18, 2015 at 11:59 pm
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    Yes, I've heard of green tea lattes! I'm going to add that to my matcha-recipes-to-try list!

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