Yuuki-cha

I’ve brewed this two times now, using two of the different suggested methods. Both produced nice tea. This is a briny gyokuro, for sure. I love the sea-fresh oyster-liquor aroma and first taste that hits hard. Really salty. The umami picks up but is immediately counterbalanced by a spinach-like, chlorophyll-heavy sweetness. It’s really balanced and really delicious. The first brew of this tea is insanely viscous. It’s like sweet kelp candy coating the tongue. Later infusions develop a grassy astringency that plays nicely with the glutamate-infused sweetness. In the very end, a whisper of tangerine rind. Stunningly complex tea.

Is mild, even at almost 1:1 g:oz ratio. I like it – kind of buttery but very fresh. Look forward to trying a 2nd steep.

Delicious! Amazing for an organic sencha it gives 3-4 steeps of the same quality flavor. Really great green color and fresh aroma. I really like it!

sorted out the second steeping temperature this time, delicious!

Had this for the first time the other day and was excellent… This session, not so great, think I brewed the second steep a bit too hot, will reduce the temp next time. Seems a decent shincha though.