I was thrilled that our group (the 14 of us) managed to find two vacant four-person tables right next to one another, and another 4 stools at their pull-up bar thing. It being 9pm on a Friday night, I'd say that was a pretty awesome. However, I was not thrilled with my drink. At all.
I decided to deviate from my regular order (grass jelly roasted milk tea served warm) and order a matcha latte instead. Same price. $4.20 for a regular. I ordered it served hot and 50% sugar. I was hoping for a very creamy matcha beverage. I received a very watery drink. According to the dictionary (yes, I did search it up), a latte is supposed to have steamed milk...and espresso, but you get the idea. Steamed milk is supposed to have this distinct flavor that I did not get at all from my drink. It wasn't very milky, actually. It tasted like...watery matcha. Yeah. There was some matcha flavor. I have never before wished I put more sugar in my drink. This time, I did. The grossest part of my drink was when I got to the bottom of it. I know there's something off about my latte when the last five or so gulps of my drink are grainy. I found all my matcha powder. My drink was still hot, so it's not like it had plenty of time to settle. To top it off, the matcha powder dregs at the bottom were not bursting with delightful matcha flavor. It was just very bitter.
So disappointed.