So is Matcha tea actually good, or is it just one of the

>>7241888
meme and fad are not interchangeable terms, retard.

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The expensive ones taste nice, but the price doesn't make it suitable for everyday drinking. The cheap ones taste like garbage from my own experiences with it (I've been served stuff like pic related in tea stores)

>>7241894

So if I did want to switch to mainly drinking tea, what would you suggest? I do want to try a nice matcha sometime, but the "ceremonial" blends on Amazon are 30.00 for a small tin.

>>7241888
Matcha is pretty good provided you enjoy vegetal flavors. Lower grade matcha tends to have more bitterness, while higher grade has a more naturally sweet aftertaste. I kinda like the cheaper, more bitter kind in place of coffee sometimes.

>>7241898
If you want to drink cheap green tea, just buy loose leaf instead of the powder unless you like the taste of tannins.

>>7241888
I know this one person that sells the quality kind, is it worth it?

Matcha is expensive is fuck, which is why the green tea frap is the only drink I'll ever get from Starbucks.

Matcha feels like the Japanese equivalent to coffee for me. Apparently, its supposed to be enjoyed plain, but almost everybody I know prefer drinking the sweetened lattes and sweets flavored with it.

Personally, I love the green taste. Apparently drinking too much can clog you up though.

>>7241890
What's the difference?

>>7242175
I first tried it in Taiwan. I really like the taste in general. A little bit of matcha powder is really nice on some sweet bread or pastry.

>>7242175
The best accompaniment to matcha is a touch of sea salt

its like any tea, you can be autistic if you want, but most people wont be able to tell the difference between high & low quality. ive been trying to improve my palate for years, & its still hard to pick up on flavors.

green tea is great to cleanse the palate, and its very inoffensive, great if youre sick. matcha is just another way to obsess, buy it if you want, if you learn you dont like it, then you shouldnt feel compelled to have it in the future

Actual matcha <$20/oz is good, and not that expensive ( you use a gram at a time ) but it is a pain in the ass to prepare since you need the special whisk. It's not really for daily drinking and more intended for special occasions/company

cheap matcha is disgustingly bitter

>>7242213
Fads become fads because they're genuinely good
Memes are popular because frauds hoot and holler about it and plebes start to think they're good.

Matcha is great but expensive.

For an everyday tea, just regular loose-leaf sencha is good. For special occasions get some gyokuro, which is really nice, and still a lot cheaper than matcha.
(Don't ruin it by pouring boiling water over it though, gyokuro is the best around ~65 degrees.)

>>7242865
i think there is a second kind of meme: something that is genuinely good but is exaggerated in use or quality to the point that it ceases to be about how good it is.

bacon is genuinely good. but it's not
>"OMG SO MANLY EAT IT ON EVERYTHING OR YOU'RE A FAG NOT THAT THERES ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT XD"

and that has sadly made bacon less enjoyable on a psychological, not a gustatory, level

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This stuff is pretty good. I am a tea noob, though.

>>7244125
that brand also does a blend of genmai cha with matcha. it's really good, especially iced.