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Raven ILevel 3 19 Reviews
I was really excited because I’ve been adding things like ashwaganda and chai spices to my matcha for years and was happy seeing a product that put them all in one for me, so i didn’t have to buy all the ingredients separate. Unfortunately, I don’t particularly care for this. It doesn’t taste like matcha. It doesn’t taste like cinnamon or any other particular ingredient. It tastes like a powdered green juice/smoothie mix.
Matcha is inherently earthy, but there’s always hints of other flavors based on the location and quality of the leaves. I don’t know it’s the quality of the matcha or the ratio of the nootropics, but this is just one note flavor wise. Even sweetened it’s not much better. I will admit my own bias against lion’s mane (I don’t often like mushrooms in beverages), and I know ashwaganda on its own isn’t great, but based on my homemade concoctions I know this could be a lot better. There are also other companies that make flavored matcha I really enjoy, so I know there are ways to balance matcha with other flavors commercially as well.
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I wish this was advertised as just a “wonder latte” or “wonder drink mix,” not specifically as a matcha drink mix. The matcha just doesn’t come through. Also the design for their whisk/milk frother isn’t that great; it’s powerful, but very hard to control the speed (I’ve made lots of messes).
