I crashed my local Asian supermarket not too long ago and raided it for all the tea goodies and cheap vegetables. To my surprise, I spotted this and had to try it – Kikkoman Pearl Organic Green Tea Soy milk, for tea lovers!
I found this on the shelf as this is the type of soy milk that doesn’t need to be refrigerated unless it is opened. The packaging looks nice, though I’m confused why there’s a lemon in it.
Nutrition stats are pretty standard soy milk ones.
To premise this review, I regularly drink soy milk. Soy juice (what my husband calls it as soy beans doesn’t have a teat) is my milk of choice since I’m lactose intolerant. I prefer soy over almond milk for taste and protein content.
Let’s get this soy milk party started! Before serving, I gave the carton a good shake which is standard for soy milk.
And what….. that colour is total fail. The green tea milk is grey muddy green. I felt my appetite decrease.
Taste? It has that distinct soy milk taste with that sweet bean flavor. The texture is pretty thick and the flavor is not watery like the low calorie stuff is. There is an aftertaste of unimpressive matcha green, summed up to a edamame-bean sweet and grassy. It’s not bad but I’ve had much better just dumping questionable old matcha in my soy milk. I didn’t taste the lemon.
I don’t mind the Kikkoman Pearl Green Tea Soy Milk, I did finish the carton, but it’s not one I’d go out of my way to buy again. I would have this over some western sweetened iced teas in a can, but I think I’d reach for Ito En teas first.
In a weak moment that I didn’t have tea until 2pm I decided to double up – 1 cup of this Kikkoman Pearl green tea soy milk with 1 teaspoon of matcha. The result was the strongest matcha punch to the face I’ve had that surprisingly was not bitter. I also got really jittery and wouldn’t repeat this experience again – I’ll stick to matcha mixed in my regular soy bean juice.
Edit: you can purchase Kikkoman Pearl Organic Green Tea Soy Milk on Amazon, but not for cheap. (affiliate link)
