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The Hindu
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Roast CCX has something for both seasoned matcha drinkers and newcomers
Matcha is everywhere. The bright green tea powder has made its way into everything from lattes and lemonades to pancakes and pastries, and its rise in cafés and kitchens shows no sign of slowing down. If you have held back from sipping matcha because you are unsure about the taste, consider starting with a dessert. The slightly grassy, umami flavour often blends beautifully with sweetness. Roast CCX is riding the matcha wave with a dedicated menu featuring 10 drinks, desserts and even a breakfast granola bowl. For the uninitiated, matcha is a finely ground powder made from shade-grown green tea leaves — a process that gives it its vibrant green colour and richer taste profile compared to regular green tea. The matcha menu includes refreshing options like strawberry matcha, matcha lemonade, iced matcha latte (with your choice of milk), a creamy tender coconut and matcha cloud, matcha shake, matcha nitro, matcha boba, and a salted cream foam-topped version too. Every drink and dessert in the menu is prepared with AAA grade Japanese ceremonial grade matcha. Among the drinks worth trying, the strawberry matcha stands out. The tartness of unsweetened strawberry concentrate pairs unexpectedly well with the earthiness of matcha. It is dairy-free and works perfectly as a cooling pick-me-up on humid days. Matcha lemonade follows a similar path — slightly sweetened, yet balanced — ideal for anyone just beginning to explore the grassy powder. 'About 60% of our matcha clientele is between 16 and 30,' says Hanumanth Rao, founder and director of Roast CCX. 'Interestingly, this group is drawn to the sweetened matcha drinks. They're also choosing matcha desserts over classics like cheesecake, tiramisu or banoffee.' Keeping up with Gen Z, I opted for the matcha boba — a beginner-friendly choice. It is mostly boba milk, with a smattering of matcha to ease you into the flavour. The tender coconut and matcha cloud takes its time. The cloud eventually melts into the drink, making it a treat for seasoned matcha drinkers. The grassy notes blend with the mellow sweetness of tender coconut — the sort of thing you imagine health-conscious folks sipping. After several rounds of cold matcha drinks, I craved something warm. Naturally, I landed on a hot matcha latte paired with a machamisu, a matcha tiramisu layered with matcha-infused mascarpone and topped with a dusting of matcha powder. If you are at Roast CCX in the morning and matcha is on your mind, try the matcha granola bowl. The rest of the breakfast menu leans into unsweetened matcha-infused yoghurt. Prices at Roast CCX for the Matcha menu start from ₹250 onwards
Sydney Morning Herald
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Grab gooey triple-cheese toasties with shaved-to-order truffle for a limited time only at this new CBD cafe
Previous SlideNext Slide City dwellers and office workers alike will appreciate this new addition to their midweek lunch rotation. Helmed by Jackie Middleton (Earl Canteen, Dame) and Hakim Halim (Ripe Cheese), Golden looks out to the 'Paris end' of town through floor-to-ceiling glass windows within the lobby of Collins Place. Leaning into Melbourne's obsession with alternative caffeinated drinks (see: matcha, Mont Blanc), an entire specialty drinks menu – coined 'alt-caffeine' – includes both regular and limited-edition drinks that will rival the classic iced latte or cold brew as your usual. Matcha by Hello Matcha, sourced from Uji, near Kyoto, is served over ice and oat milk with strawberry foam, while cold brew is layered with boba, cream cheese and chocolate powder in a creamy tiramisu cheese latte. Not a fan of sweet drinks? The Aerocano steams double espresso with ice to create a frothy, aerated black coffee with a heady foam not dissimilar to a freshly poured Guinness. Golden's signature espresso blend is roasted locally by Industry Beans. But the stars of the show are the crunchy, golden (pardon the pun) toasties – ideal for a grab-and-go lunch between meetings. The popular Fire and Fig number flanks smokey chicken between sweet spiced fig jam, mayo and chilli oil, plus plenty of cheesy goodness in a mildly spicy, slightly sweet, protein-packed sanger.
The Age
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Grab gooey triple-cheese toasties with shaved-to-order truffle for a limited time only at this new CBD cafe
Previous SlideNext Slide City dwellers and office workers alike will appreciate this new addition to their midweek lunch rotation. Helmed by Jackie Middleton (Earl Canteen, Dame) and Hakim Halim (Ripe Cheese), Golden looks out to the 'Paris end' of town through floor-to-ceiling glass windows within the lobby of Collins Place. Leaning into Melbourne's obsession with alternative caffeinated drinks (see: matcha, Mont Blanc), an entire specialty drinks menu – coined 'alt-caffeine' – includes both regular and limited-edition drinks that will rival the classic iced latte or cold brew as your usual. Matcha by Hello Matcha, sourced from Uji, near Kyoto, is served over ice and oat milk with strawberry foam, while cold brew is layered with boba, cream cheese and chocolate powder in a creamy tiramisu cheese latte. Not a fan of sweet drinks? The Aerocano steams double espresso with ice to create a frothy, aerated black coffee with a heady foam not dissimilar to a freshly poured Guinness. Golden's signature espresso blend is roasted locally by Industry Beans. But the stars of the show are the crunchy, golden (pardon the pun) toasties – ideal for a grab-and-go lunch between meetings. The popular Fire and Fig number flanks smokey chicken between sweet spiced fig jam, mayo and chilli oil, plus plenty of cheesy goodness in a mildly spicy, slightly sweet, protein-packed sanger.
Washington Post
a day ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Supplies of matcha are dwindling, thanks to lattes and TikTok videos
It's in lattes, ice cream and even shampoo — and now, suddenly, it's difficult to find. Matcha, the bright-green tea powder from Japan, has become so popular in recent months that producers are straining to meet the surge in global demand, fueled by social media hype and a boom in tourism to Japan, according to vendors. Retailers say they're having to pay higher prices, wait longer for shipments and search in increasingly obscure places for the centuries-old delicacy, prized for its unique sweet and umami flavor notes.
SoraNews24
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
What is Japan's new 'summer matcha' ice cream flavor from confectioner Morinaga?【Taste test】
More matcha from Mow Matcha. Japan has an array of seasonal sweets flavors, and summer is no exception. Some of these are connected to produce that's in season, like watermelon and peach, while others flavors are summer favorites because of their refreshing or cooling sensations, like mint chocolate and lemon. But we were puzzled when, on our most recent dessert run, we saw that one of our options was 'summer matcha.' Matcha has become such a staple flavor of the Japanese sweets scene that it's really a year-round thing, and the green tea harvest season starts in spring. Adding to the mystery is the fact that Morinaga, the makers of the Mow brand of ice cream, are selling both the limited-time Mow Uji Matcha Summer Scent Matcha at the same time as their always-on-sale regular Mow Uji Matcha flavor. ▼ Summer matcha on the left, year-round matcha on the right. And if you're wondering about the brand's name, 'Mow,' pronounced with a long O like in 'mow the lawn,' is the onomatopoeia in Japanese for the sound of a cow mooing. So yes, we were puzzled by the unexpected appearance of 'summer matcha,' but also curious. More than anything else, we were hungry, and one of the philosophical pillars that SoraNews24 is built on is that whenever the possibility to do so arises, one should always pursue the truth by eating double desserts, so that's what we set out to do. Popping the tops off of both cups, we could see that the Summer Scent Matcha's shade of green was a touch deeper than the regular version's. We figure that's a result of how while both flavors source their matcha from the Kyoto Prefecture town of Uji, the Summer Scent boasts that its matcha comes from specialized tea merchant Marukyu Koyamaen. Grabbing two spoons, so as not to mix their flavors, we then took a taste of each… …and… …couldn't immediately tell the difference. In and of itself, this wasn't such a huge problem, since it's hard to get upset about not being able to instantly differentiate between 'delicious' and 'delicious,' which were our first impressions of both Mow matcha flavors. Still, there has to be something that's supposed to set one apart from the other, right? As is so often the case in life, it turned out that the correct course of action was to keep eating ice cream. Making our way closer to the bottom of the cups, the sadness that we now had less ice cream than we did just a few moments before was counterbalanced by the newfound knowledge that Mow's Summer Scent and regular matcha flavors are, in fact, different. The regular version, pictured above, starts with a sharper hit of green tea bitterness, and the strong matcha notes continue down to its core. After a few bites, the bitterness never disappears from your palate until sometime after you've completely finished the cup, making for a mature, soothing flavor profile. Meanwhile, the Summer Scent Matcha, while still having a properly pronounced green tea taste, is gentler. It leads with more sweet and creamy flavors, for a lighter, more refreshing effect, which meshes with the idea of making a more 'summery' matcha flavor, which Morinaga says was its goal. We don't have any equipment with which to measure whether or not the Summer Scent Matcha is actually more fragrant than the regular Mow Matcha, but with the bitterness being less insistent and attention-grabbing, we did feel like we could notice a stronger tea aroma too. Price-wise, we paid 184 yen (US$1.30) for the limited-time Mow Summer Scent Matcha and 102 yen for the regular matcha, though we found the latter at a discounted price during a multi-market grocery shopping trip, so the price differential probably isn't usually that large. To really appreciate the differences between the Summer Scent and regular Mow matcha, it's probably easiest to eat them both in the same sitting, so we recommend either saving extra room for dessert or enlisting a friend to split the two cups half-and-half with…or maybe inviting three of your friends if you want to add the two different Häagen-Dazs Japan green tea ice creams to your bill of fare as well. Photos ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! [ Read in Japanese ]
