Horii Shichimeien Agata no Shiro review
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- Brand
- Horii Shichimeien
- Origin
- Uji
- Grade
- Culinary
- Cultivars
- Unknown
- Sizes
- 40g, 100g, 200g
- Description
Light, accessible, everyday grade
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Solid everyday latte base
Bought the 100g specifically as a daily latte powder and it does the job. 3g, 2oz of 172F water to bloom, then 6oz milk. Whisks up clean with my battery whisk, slight foam, no clumping. On its own as usucha it's a touch astringent and grassy, more than I'd want straight, but that astringency is exactly what cuts through milk and keeps the matcha from disappearing. There's a mild roasted-nut and vanilla note on the finish that comes through better with whole milk than oat. Not a koicha-grade powder and it doesn't pretend to be. For the price per gram it's one of the more reasonable daily options I've tried, and a 100g bag should last me close to a month.
The daily driver math, solved
Horii labels this culinary grade and prices it like it, but whisked straight it drinks well above that. Yes it leans grassy and there's an astringent bite as usucha, but I like a little edge and this is the good kind, more fresh-cut vegetal snap than anything harsh. Underneath there's a soft vanilla and toasted-nut thing on the finish you don't expect at this tier. I used 2.5g powder and a touch hotter water than most people, around 178F, and it holds up fine. Here's the part I care about: at roughly seventy cents a gram, from a Uji house with Horii's name on it, this is the everyday tin I reach for without thinking about cost. It also turns into a great latte if that's your thing. I'll be over here drinking it twice a day.