Another interesting sencha and so different from any I’ve had :) April 26/27, 2021 harvest.
The dark green needles smell very sweet and fruity like raspberries but not raspberries, you know, some other obscure regional berry that never makes it way into a market! There’s also undertones white grapes and melon, more deep red watermelon leaning than anything, even candy-like, without that cucumbery smell they can sometimes have. The dry leaf smelled so good that the leaf that I spilled got picked up by my finger and went straight into my mouth to crunch on.
Warming the leaf brings another awesome aroma of raspberry danishes with a mellow undertone of cooked greens. Bahahaha!
Aroma is of raspberry, cherry blossom and wheatgrass with a small amount of dark bitterness.
Tea itself is thick with alkaline umami and some peaty bitterness. The raspberry/berry aromatics evaporate off palate and low into the sinuses. Here, it tastes/smells more like a berry flavored vitamin than the fruit. A moist, natural sweetness comes about in the back of the mouth in the ensuing minutes. The 3 or 4 subsequent steeps lighten evenly across all characteristics. I forgot about a final pot last night and poured it cold this morning after it sat for 12 hours. The tea was sweet and very tasty with practically no bitterness remaining and the berry character presented fully.
I don’t know. I’ve had this tea several times now and can’t help but think I’m describing it too simply. Dewy-thick-alkaline-umami-peaty-bitter-fruity-sweet. All that hyphenation tells me it’s round. I don’t find any distinct vegetal, grassy or seaweed tastes in this tea, only in the leaf and liquor aromas and a bit of a grass vibe as it steeps out.
Flavors: Alkaline, Beans, Berry, Bitter, Bittersweet, Butter, Candy, Cream, Fruity, Grass, Pastries, Peat, Popcorn, Raspberry, Round, Sakura, Savory, Smooth, Spinach, Sugar, Sweet, Sweet Corn, Thick, Watermelon, Wheatgrass, White Grapes
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I have to check this company out!
After reading your note, I had to check our emails to see if this was the sencha I’m getting. Sounds like I should have picked this one!
Coming y’alls way.
Yay! Glad I’m getting a sample. I’m still waiting for the package from TheTea, so you don’t have to rush to send it out.
Gasp!
I have to check this company out!
After reading your note, I had to check our emails to see if this was the sencha I’m getting. Sounds like I should have picked this one!
Coming y’alls way.
Yay! Glad I’m getting a sample. I’m still waiting for the package from TheTea, so you don’t have to rush to send it out.
Gasp!