Fermented Tea (Goishi Cha)

Gongfu!

I had my first experience with this style of exceptionally weird and funky fermented Japanese tea several months back, and I’ve been so intrigued by it since then – so I was incredibly stoked to cross paths with this tea. The tasting notes are so widespread and all over the place, but there’s definitely a sweet acidity that really puts it’s stamp on the whole experience. It reminds me so heavily of apple cider vinegar (in a good way), but also crossed with a more grounded note of baked apple and a very nostalgic undertone of barnyard hay and yeasted breads. In fact, there’s something to the taste that really reads as sourdough starter in a way that I know would be off-putting to some, but bizarrely captivating to others. I am definitely in that latter camp of people. I could not get enough of this tea!!

Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7bz7nZuyaF/?img_index=1

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RVeo79yfw0