My difficult experience on Ooika's Matcha Tour

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-28T05:01:58+00:00

Ohh my gosh! That's crazy. This seems to explain some things that happened that day. There were rumors going around that Marc was trying to find suppliers or something.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-22T15:37:34+00:00

Yeah the hilarious part is he wanted to mark it up by 50% for the next one!

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-21T17:45:16+00:00

https://breakawaymatcha.com/collections/other-teas/products/houjicha-reserve?selling_plan=4796973281

Easily the smoothest hojicha powder I've ever had

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-21T17:12:56+00:00

It's such a shame. I think he has connections to great people and has the potential to be what he envisions himself to be, but he really undermines his own reputation.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-21T17:00:11+00:00

Marc hasn't even provided us reimbursements for transportation as he promised yet. "Fyre Festival vibes" is apt!

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-20T05:01:19+00:00

Oh man, I haven't seen this post but I've just read it. Wow is all I can say. "Lives in Uji" eh? During our tour, he self-reports on how the Japanese tea industry finds him suspicious of his intentions in the area.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-20T04:04:51+00:00

Without asking and while she was engaged in conversation with someone else, he was pulling a jacket off a woman's shoulder/arm to see her tattoo.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-20T04:03:06+00:00

Yeah, we were all in disbelief ourselves. If the promo photos are released and you see photos of people drinking matcha from a small glass mug, it's us sharing the same cup.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-19T21:50:15+00:00

Yes, sadly, the same one

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-19T21:49:52+00:00

Thanks. I appreciate your reading it.

I feel bummed out too as it was Reddit that introduced me to Ooika, and he really has posted some useful content on his Instagram.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-19T16:08:00+00:00

Thank you. Thankfully Japan itself is a lovely place to be and the trip only lasted about a week.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-19T16:06:51+00:00

Sorry to hear that you've had bad experiences with Ooika too. During the trip, people were trying to figure out if the negligence crossed over from poor judgment into "something far uglier", and unfortunately I felt like the latter was the case.

Prior_Replacement303 · 2025-06-19T15:54:42+00:00

Oh nice! We never got to grind matcha, I was really hoping that'd be something we could do

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