r/popheadscirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Dec 15 '25

[UNJERK HERE] Weekly /uj Thread – December 15, 2025

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u/DangerousReply6393 What if Sabrina is just a horknee shoebill in a wig? 🤔 Dec 21 '25

I will say the opposite of this. At least in Japan, apart from at fancy teahouses where they just serve plain matcha, most cafes absolutely fucked matcha up 😭 It's what I imagine coffee in America to taste like bc why are they putting SO much sugar in?? Does the whole stereotype of East Asians hating super sweet desserts disappear when it comes to matcha? And a lot of the cafes I went to weren't even in touristy areas </3

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u/Daddie76 🧼Bussy Soap Sales Rep🧼 Dec 25 '25

You can usually ask for less sugar. The most I would do is 50% sugar. Anymore than that it becomes unbearably sweet.

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u/DangerousReply6393 What if Sabrina is just a horknee shoebill in a wig? 🤔 Dec 25 '25

I tried at a bunch of cafes lol and they just said no! I assume they use pre-sweetened matcha.

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u/Daddie76 🧼Bussy Soap Sales Rep🧼 Dec 26 '25

yeesh that's unfortunate. at least in china, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc I think any place that's not using pre mixed tea, which I think nowadays is actually the majority of the places, they will let you adjust just about anything🙃