Midori Spring Ceremonial (GOLD) Matcha Green Tea

     My mother loves green tea and I can drink some teas, but this tea is different. It's in a powder form and you mix it with water and whisk it until it's frothy. I haven't tried it as traditional tea though. I think if you love tea, especially green tea, you will like this. It's a high quality tea and very strong for people who aren't heavy tea drinkers. If you are not a heavy tea drinker or a tea drinker at all, it may take a while to get used to, but it has a lot of health properties and can taste great in a sweet treat.  I tried this Midori Spring Matcha Green Tea as cupcakes. 

     This is what it looks like inside the can. They said you should freeze it after you open it to seal in the flavor. If you are using it the traditional way, you use a special bowl, sifter and whisk and when you stir it, don't let the whisk touch the bottom of the bowl and stir it in a "W" motion. If you are like me and don't have all of those things, just whisk it with hot or cold water as best you can. Since I haven't tried it as tea yet though, I'll talk about the cupcakes.

     I made them as regular cupcakes, but you can make them healthier if you want to. They come out very green and you can add as much or as little green tea as you want. I decided to make icing with it, too. It's regular icing with green tea in it and you can add as much or as little tea here, too.

Since most of my family aren't green tea drinkers, I thought making cupcakes was the best way to introduce them to this tea and these cupcakes didn't disappoint. My nephew was afraid to try them out because they were green, but I got him to try one and he realized that it was still a cupcake and not bad at all.

If you don't want to make cupcakes, make the tea and you can add in sugar, milk, honey or whatever you usually use in your tea. It holds up well in cupcakes, but it is technically not a cooking grade tea. This means it might not hold up well in every recipe you would want to make. This is real premium grade traditional Matcha tea and it is organic and a superfood. Teas like this can reduce stress, improve metabolism, help your immune system, help cleanse the body of harmful elements and so much more. This is the highest grade you can get for a Matcha tea. It comes in different levels and this is the one you want. I received this product free in exchange for an honest review.