No. 313 Kumano

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
Green Tea
Flavors
Chestnut, Grass, Spinach, Sweet, Tropical, Seaweed, Sweet, Warm Grass, Umami, Vegetal
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Organic
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Average preparation
155 °F / 68 °C 1 min, 15 sec 6 oz / 173 ml

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  • “Not yet a sipdown, but filling sipdown prompt — February 2 – Groundhog Day: drink the same tea (or type) twice! I am quite heavy drinking this recently, and always I prepare two steeps (that’s the...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Sipdown (692)! Finished this one off as a pot of tea; it was fine but not greatly my thing. Pretty smooth, light to medium bodied but a little too grassy in general to really mesh with my own...” Read full tasting note
  • “The wet leaf has strong aroma of spinach, green grass and sweet chestnut. Those are also prominent in the taste but there is also a second layer of sweetness and hints of tropical fruit that coat...” Read full tasting note
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Gentle Japanese green tea with a fresh and grassy note
fresh, fruity, grassy

Mie, Japan

No. Infusions 4
Amount (tsp. / ml) 1 ½ / 250
Temperature 60-70 °C

Our whole-leaf philosophy serves us well, but naturally every rule has a wonderful exception: This kukicha-style blend of stems and leaf veins from first-class senchas and gyokuros packs less caffeine but loads of fruity full-bodied flavor to delight each and every day.

NOTES
fresh, fruity, grassy
INGREDIENTS
Organic green tea
CERTIFICATION
Organic Bio

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1839 tasting notes

Not yet a sipdown, but filling sipdown prompt — February 2 – Groundhog Day: drink the same tea (or type) twice!

I am quite heavy drinking this recently, and always I prepare two steeps (that’s the prompt for me) of it. Not any diffrently today. Breakfast cup, same leaves and second steep studying cup.

I believe it could make more steeps, but two are flavourful enough. How? Continue reading :)

Although it is almost one year old, it is really flavourful — grassy, seaweed a bit, sweet and chesnuts. A little buttery too.

One must be careful about steep temperature though. Higher temperature makes it much more unpleasant (more buttery notes); also longer steeping time make it bitter. 2 and 2 minutes, both with 70°C are just exact steeping paramters that suit this tea best. Hopefully I will finish it before the end of February.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Sipdown (692)!

Finished this one off as a pot of tea; it was fine but not greatly my thing. Pretty smooth, light to medium bodied but a little too grassy in general to really mesh with my own tastes. I’d say though, of the kukicha I’ve tried, this is either solidly in the middle or just slightly above in terms of quality.

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The wet leaf has strong aroma of spinach, green grass and sweet chestnut. Those are also prominent in the taste but there is also a second layer of sweetness and hints of tropical fruit that coat the tongue and linger there. A very interesting combination of flavors.

Flavors: Chestnut, Grass, Spinach, Sweet, Tropical

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 0 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 3 OZ / 100 ML

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