Whoa! This is summer time in a cup!
I usually only like frozen coffee drinks during the warmer months but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and order the matcha green tea mix, just to live on the wild side a little... LOL I'm really glad I did. I made up my first green tea frosty drink today, using 1-1/2 scoops of powder, 5 ounces of Trader Joe's oat milk and lots of nugget ice from my amazing Opal nugget ice maker. I put everything in my Ninja blender, gave it a 30 second spin cycle and Voila 🪄, I had myself a gorgeously green tea frosty! It was both delicious and refreshing. I might cut back to just 1 scoop of mix and adding more ice. It was a little too sweet which made it hard for the green tea flavor to come through. It does have a very smooth, creamy texture and reminds me of the famous fraps that we all pay way too much money for. Oh, here's a fun fact, about half way through my green tea frosty, it started tasting like cotton candy, I kid you not! It was a good surprise but not exactly what I was aiming for. I'm thinking about adding some plain, green tea powder to the mix and seeing if that pumps up the matcha flavor some. I'll have to look through Amazon and read reviews of some good ones that might do the job. Matcha isn't cheap, gotta do some research. Overall, I would defiantly recommend this drink mix. It's going with me on camping trips this summer, that I know for sure.👍🏻 UPDATE 04/22/2023: This is a quick update to say that even though I am still pleased with is product, I’ve managed to gain 2 pounds in the last few days and the only dietary difference I’ve made was to add one of these smoothies each day. I’m not a big label reader but after noticing the scale moving upwards, I decided to look and see just how much sugar is in each serving size. There’s 32 grams of sugar in just 3 tablespoons!😳 The scoop that comes inside the package can easily hold 6 tablespoons. If going by the recommended bending instructions and using 1 to 1-1/2 scoops of mix, this would mean that you could be drinking close to 65 to 90 grams of sugar, not counting the sugar from whatever milk source being used. Needless to say, I won’t be indulging everyday with one of these. ☹️ Read more