Good tea, but I dont think its good enough for the price. I picked this up a couple of weeks ago for 40% off and to me it was a good deal at that price. The tea is very buttery compared to a Japanese Sencha type tea. Grassy but more buttery and greasy than anything.
It is good, just overpriced, like a lot of DT.
Flavors: Butter, Grass, Green
Preparation
Comments
How much tea and water are you using? Also, what temperature? If you follow DT’s instructions, you will get a cup of tea. But nobody actually drinks Gyokuro like that. :)
How should I be drinking it?
Well, Gyokuro is a very expensive tea. They go to all the trouble of shading it for 6 weeks. It’s used to make matcha as well (which ain’t cheap either). So you have to treat it like a green tea. Lower temps. Less water. More Leaf.
7 to 8 grams of tea
140-160F temp
1.5 to 2 min per steeping (do multiple steeps)
That’s how I normally do it. I never use boiling water for greens or white teas.
What do you mean by multiple steeps? Let it steel pull it out and then wait and let it steep again?
Oh I forgot. 200 mL of water at most. Multiple steeps means you brew it multiple but seperate times. Brew Drink. Brew Drink.
where in the world were you able to buy it from? they’ve discontinued it, and are completely out of stock everywhere.
JennK I got it about 2 weeks ago, it was 40% off for their final carrying of it. Looks like we wont see it for a while, or ever again.
How much tea and water are you using? Also, what temperature? If you follow DT’s instructions, you will get a cup of tea. But nobody actually drinks Gyokuro like that. :)
How should I be drinking it?
Well, Gyokuro is a very expensive tea. They go to all the trouble of shading it for 6 weeks. It’s used to make matcha as well (which ain’t cheap either). So you have to treat it like a green tea. Lower temps. Less water. More Leaf.
7 to 8 grams of tea
140-160F temp
1.5 to 2 min per steeping (do multiple steeps)
That’s how I normally do it. I never use boiling water for greens or white teas.
What do you mean by multiple steeps? Let it steel pull it out and then wait and let it steep again?
Oh I forgot. 200 mL of water at most. Multiple steeps means you brew it multiple but seperate times. Brew Drink. Brew Drink.
where in the world were you able to buy it from? they’ve discontinued it, and are completely out of stock everywhere.
JennK I got it about 2 weeks ago, it was 40% off for their final carrying of it. Looks like we wont see it for a while, or ever again.