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“Only 1 cup left and I haven’t taken any notes, which seems to be the norm as of late. The dry powder makes me happy with roasted nuts aroma. Whisked up, the tea is light in flavor and feeling. ...” Read full tasting note
Matcha Ukitsu is a proprietary blend produced by our friend Hisaki Horri who is an 8th generation tea maker and current CEO of his family’s tea business, Hekisuien, a prestigious Kyoto-based tea company established in 1867.
Oceanic minerals, slight umami, freshness, pine, elegant and lively
Hekisuien focuses on traditional and ultra-premium gyokuro and matcha. They use blending techniques that combine different cultivars and vintages to shape a unique taste and quality unlike other matcha and gyokuro producers. Hekisuien is not strictly focused on single cultivar or single origin selections, but on only the uniqueness of aging and blending vintages of different cultivars from various producers and regions in Uji and Kyoto.
The Matcha Ukitsu blend represents the classic essence and vibrancy of the Kyoto matcha tea terroirs. Its complexity is derived from aged and blended cultivars. The tencha batches selected for Matcha Ukitsu are particularly strong with core characteristics of Asahi aroma. The flavor and density is also very rich and draws from the characteristics of Kyotanabe-grown batches.
Origin
Kyoto, Japan
Cultivar
Asahi from Uji; Samidori from Kyotanabe; Samidori, Asahi and Uji Hikari from Joyo; Samidori from Uji
Harvest
May – June
Elevation
15 – 105 meters
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Only 1 cup left and I haven’t taken any notes, which seems to be the norm as of late.
The dry powder makes me happy with roasted nuts aroma. Whisked up, the tea is light in flavor and feeling. Light foam. Lightness in the body. It is not rich with umami, nor is it robust. It feels like a cool green stream which is incredibly vague (come on derk, it’s matcha, or course it tastes green and wet), but that’s what comes to mind. I prefer matcha with a more assertive personality but this is nice for times when delicacy of character is needed.
I did take my little setup to work and made a cup for a coworker who had been on a matcha Tik Tok train and was really wanting to try matcha but not wanting to buy from the grocery store. Matcha Ukitsu was of high enough quality and smooth enough in taste to not scare her away on her first try. Not having any experience with green teas before, she said it tasted softly of vegetables like soybean and bok choy. For me, the taste is firmly planted in a bed of young salad greens and wildflowers.
Flavors: Bok Choy, Floral, Light, Ocean Air, Salad Greens, Smooth, Soybean, Wildflowers
