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drank Gyokuro by DAVIDsTEA
149 tasting notes

This tea is alright for what it is, a Japanese green tea. The reason for a lower rating is that it is supposed to be a Gyokuro.

This tea had the complexity of an average sencha, and didn’t really develop much beyond. Though this might be because I made it in the traditional method of quick brews.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 0 min, 30 sec
Crowkettle

With my limited exposure to Japanese green teas enjoyed this one, but I agree with you that it’s not complex or dynamic like the price tag and label suggests it should be! :)

SFTGFOP

I really wish I had bought their sencha to compare. And thank you again for the sample CrowKettle! I don’t have a David’s Tea near me (well I travel all over, but I never seem to find one).

I guess how I distinguish between a sencha and a gyokuro is that in the gyokuro I should be tasting a salty , freshly sauteed kale greens, and some faint hint of water-chestnuts. A soft full bodied umami flavor. But a flavor that should warm your mouth and develop the longer you let it sit on your tongue.

If my travels take me back to Japan I am going to stock up on as much tea as I can (and share the teas too!).

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Crowkettle

With my limited exposure to Japanese green teas enjoyed this one, but I agree with you that it’s not complex or dynamic like the price tag and label suggests it should be! :)

SFTGFOP

I really wish I had bought their sencha to compare. And thank you again for the sample CrowKettle! I don’t have a David’s Tea near me (well I travel all over, but I never seem to find one).

I guess how I distinguish between a sencha and a gyokuro is that in the gyokuro I should be tasting a salty , freshly sauteed kale greens, and some faint hint of water-chestnuts. A soft full bodied umami flavor. But a flavor that should warm your mouth and develop the longer you let it sit on your tongue.

If my travels take me back to Japan I am going to stock up on as much tea as I can (and share the teas too!).

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blah blah blah, come on people, not every tea can be ranked 80+. Rant, rave; but honestly not every tea you drink can be ranked the same, otherwise you defeat the point of giving the grade!

So as other people have broken down their ranking systems, I am doing the same.

I’ve also decided to update my reviewing system. I’m going to be ranking across a 3 system scale on: taste, accurate representation, and price.

Taste = 0-100 (see old ranking)
Accurate Representation = 75 being average (how true it is to its style of production. So a Darjeeling that tastes like an Assam would rank lower)
Price = Percent difference of what I think the tea is worth

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Old Ranking
90-100 = I’m quite happy to buy again
70-89 = Acceptable representation
50-69 = Wouldn’t order again
20-49 = Meh
10-19 = Average tea bag ranking
0-9 = Needed to brush my teeth immediately

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