Gunpowder

Another backlog from last night.

The boyfriend already liked the Sencha and I thought it would be a good idea to also get a chinese green to illustrate the differences between japanses and chinese greens. What could be more classic than a Gunpowder?

M really liked the rolled up glossy looking leaves, but she didn’t care much for the tea itself. She thought it had a sort of aftertaste similar to the aftertaste when eating fish. .

For myself, again, a fairly smooth and straight forward tea experience. I don’t actually remember a lot about this one any more but was a bit more butter-y in flavour and a bit more semi-salty and colour of the flavour was sort of like the colour of straw. Deep yellow brew, though.

This is also the first proper quality FRESH Gunpowder that I’ve had in years. I searched really really hard, high and low, and I could not find even the vaguest hint of a smoky note. Gunpowder is not a smoky tea. I don’t care what you say, it just isn’t.

Like M, I preferred the Sencha, although both were pleasant teas.

A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 9

A 5-minute steep on green tea?! My word, these steeps times shock me every day haha. I did enjoy the wee excerpt on the background of this tea being imported to Europe in the wee booklet that comes with the calendar.

However, I’m happy to say there’s no bitterness here and this seems like a fairly standard green tea? It’s not overly vegetal, or seaweed-y, like some of the Japanese green teas I’ve tried. If anything there is a hint of perhaps butter — very subtle. The cup is overall quite smooth (this is turning out to be the word for the entire A.C. Perch calendar).

I’m wouldn’t say I’m a green tea fan, nor do I have much in the way of knowledge, but I’m enjoying this cup, yay (maybe I can explore some Chinese green teas in the future).