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drank Shiranami Kabusecha by Tezumi
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Spring 2023 harvest.

I’ve been craving this tea ever since I sampled it last year so I jumped at the chance to buy a 100g bag. This year’s harvest is nearly as good as the previous one.

This is an elegant tea with a taste somewhere between sencha and gyokuro, leaning a bit more towards the latter. The umami is there but restrained and accented with sweet seagrass, chlorophyll, and spinach. I’ve enjoyed having this as a cold brew this summer. Super fresh and clean tasting and doesn’t get bitter even when its sat for a while in the fridge.

Unlike many greens, it seems to improve with age. The leaves are more aromatic and the flavor has more depth since opening the bag.
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Marshall Weber
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Have yet to try a kabusecha but sounds like I’m missing out! Wasn’t super impressed with two recent senchas I tried from Tezumi though. Do you like their senchas too?

LuckyMe
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I liked their Matsuba sencha but wouldn’t revisit their other senchas. This is the only one that really stood out to me

Marshall Weber
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Yea I also only really liked their Matsuba sencha. The other two I tried weren’t great…

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Marshall Weber
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Have yet to try a kabusecha but sounds like I’m missing out! Wasn’t super impressed with two recent senchas I tried from Tezumi though. Do you like their senchas too?

LuckyMe
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I liked their Matsuba sencha but wouldn’t revisit their other senchas. This is the only one that really stood out to me

Marshall Weber
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Yea I also only really liked their Matsuba sencha. The other two I tried weren’t great…

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

Other non-tea interests include: cooking, reading, nature, philosophy, MMA, traveling when I can, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.

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