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“I just opened pouch of this one, probably being the last from Around the World in 8 Teas Selection Box by Curious Tea! received a year ago as a Christmas gift. I really should focus on those sample...” Read full tasting note
Kukicha (茎茶) is an award-winning green tea from Japan that is made from sencha tea leaves as well as leaf stems that are removed during the production of sencha. As it is made with the stems, it’s also known as ‘twig tea’. The inclusion of the parts of a tea plant that are normally excluded from sencha tea production results in a unique sweet yet grassy flavour that you are bound to love!
This tea comes from Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture and is made from Yabukita cultivar. It is a second flush tea, this particular batch was harvested in May 2022.
This Kukicha is a mixture of dark green sencha leaves and yellow stems. The liquor is a pale yellow-green colour with a toasted grass fragrance. This tea has a smooth and balanced taste that is toasty and grassy. It has sweet juicy middle notes and a slightly savoury aftertaste. The sweetness comes from the higher sugar content of the stems and is completely natural.
Kukicha green tea is best brewed at 70°C for 1-2 minutes, with multiple infusions. Kukicha can also stand longer infusions well, resulting in a sweeter and more intense flavour.
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I just opened pouch of this one, probably being the last from Around the World in 8 Teas Selection Box by Curious Tea! received a year ago as a Christmas gift. I really should focus on those sample / small amount teas I have, as they take a lots of space, but it doesn’t contain much of tea!
Prepared western, 3g/300 ml, 80°C water (set on the new kettle I bought as a Christmas gift for everyone this year!) — I won’t lie, it will serve me the most and two steeps 90 seconds each.
In the middle of meltdown, I found out I have a mood for nice, grassy green tea and I found out that I probably don’t have much of those? I mean, I have lots of green teas around; afterall, I have lots of teas around, but green grassy tea seemed to be rare in my cupboard. This one says grassy profile on its packet, so I decided to open it, though I have some others that needs to be focused on drinking. Definitely something to focus on. Drinking all the teas…
I have digressed and now to the tea. Well, I have a little different opinion what means grassy but maybe as it was harvested in May 2022, it could be age. It is grass-hay like a bit, though quite sweet and some toasted notes with hints of savoury aftertaste is good actually. Not what I have been expecting, as I wrote before, but it could be age as I already wrote. Smooth and fairly long aftertaste lingers in the mouth.
Nevertheless, it is fine and if I finish remaining 7 grams in timely matter, I think I can get nice cuppas of this lovely scenting and visually nice tea.
Who would think that UK based company will have green teas better than black teas in their sample box?
Yay for a new kettle!