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“Avoid this tea at all costs! When I opened the tin, I was greeted with an overpowering smell of rose. Sure enough, the ingredients on the bottom list tea and rose, even though the tea is...” Read full tasting note
“The dry leaf smells sweet and of cherry. Accidentally left this for a little bit to talk to my sister. Brew smells slightly savoury with a hint of cherry (not as strong as dry). The taste is...” Read full tasting note
“Opened the bag of this and was confused. It smells more rose like than sakura like. It also had a very TWG like scent to it, which makes sense with it being a TWG blend, but I’m puzzled now as to...” Read full tasting note
“My husband and coworkers love this tea. It’s very floral. However, I find it a bit too powdery for my taste. I’d much prefer a more traditional Japanese Sakura green. (Rest of review incomplete...” Read full tasting note
An ode to spring, this fragrant TWG blend evokes Kyoto’s most celebrated season. A scattering of cherry blossoms and green tea yields a most aromatic and elegant fragrance.
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Avoid this tea at all costs! When I opened the tin, I was greeted with an overpowering smell of rose. Sure enough, the ingredients on the bottom list tea and rose, even though the tea is described as containing “a scattering of cherry blossoms.” All cheap “cherry” teas contain rose, but I was expecting more for this price. Also, the green tea in the blend is a mediocre tea sourced from Singapore, not Japanese sencha. Shame on TWG for marketing this tea as a gourmet Japanese cherry tea.
The dry leaf smells sweet and of cherry.
Accidentally left this for a little bit to talk to my sister.
Brew smells slightly savoury with a hint of cherry (not as strong as dry).
The taste is slightly mineral, wouldn’t say vegetal or buttery. A sweet cherry comes about slightly in the after taste, mostly as I breathe out. Quite slight. I think it would be more noticeable with a second steep.
Edit: Accidentally forgot about it, and it went cold. The cherry is much more noticeable cold. Mmm very nice.
Opened the bag of this and was confused. It smells more rose like than sakura like. It also had a very TWG like scent to it, which makes sense with it being a TWG blend, but I’m puzzled now as to what exactly about their teas gives me that impression.
I’m having a hard time picking out the sakura. It comes off more as a general floral blend. I can MAYBE pick out some sakura in the finish, but for a tea named Sakura! Sakura! I expected a shock of sakura. I did just have a cup of another sakura tea with very distinct flavor, but I really feel like this tea should be focusing more on it’s name sake or changing it’s name to Sakura! Rose!.
Is this a French brand? I’ve found most teas from companies outside of Japan love to use the “sakura” name when the tea itself is usually cherry flavoring mixed with rose petals, with no actual sakura or sakura flavoring ever used.
Mastress Alita: I believe TWG Tea Company actually comes from Singapore, but delivers all around the World. I even had a chance to try their Moroccan Mint here. It was bloody expensive tea bag in local café.
TWG is a company out of Singapore. I believe the background is that the guy who started it had worked for Mariage Freres in Paris and wanted to emulate that specific feel of MF with TWG. I recall TWG stands for The Wellness Group and the company isn’t that old. They have the numbers 1837 in their logo, which is a little misleading because it makes you think that was when the company was established, but it’s another knock off of MF which has the year they were established which was 1854 printed in their logo. The insides of the shops have a very similar look as well. I’ve tried several dozen of TWG’s teas and they don’t really hold a candle to MF. They have interesting sounding ingredients, but the balance and blending seem either off or like they stopped part way to a finished product. Won’t keep me from being excited to go into their store and try new teas tho! I would have expected a company that is selling a sakura tea in Japan where they have seven stores to do a better job on a tea that prominently features a popular national flavor.
I love this tea! It tastes exactly like sakura when you steep it properly. I drink this when I crave for the sakura jelly (with real sakura inside) that I bought in Japan.
Here’s how I prepare this tea:
1. Pour 1/4 cup of 80c water on 1 tbsp of Sakura! Sakura! tea. Steep for 15 secs.
2. Drain the water. You won’t be needing it.
3. Pour 1 cup of 85c water on the strained tea leaves. Steep for 1m15s.
I add sugar to enhance the flavor of the cherry blossoms. And yes, you’ll definitely taste the sakura MORE when the tea is colder.
