Just a month ago, I had a terribly sweet and pretty disgusting matcha latte from Foxtrot Market. Well, I found myself back at a Foxtrot with a friend and behind the bar I spotted a familiar bag of Spirit Tea's Kodemari matcha.
So, of course, I asked, "Hey did you switch to using Spirit Tea?!"
And the barista said, "Yea just this week we started using this, but it clumps too much."
So I offered, "Well I'll show you how to use it if you give me the drink!"
Their method of making it was definitely terrible. The barista put the matcha in the carafe with the milk, inserted the steam wand and proceeded to burn the shit out of such good matcha. And it was clumpy. We discussed for a few minutes of how they could improve the drink using the tools they currently had (no sieve, no whisk, no just-less-than-boiling water) and it turned out a little better.
So, currently, I would give this drink a C, but I think they'll get there and be offering much better matcha lattes soon enough. I emailed the management and offered to help with training or even hosting a tasting for the staff or the public. No reply.