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“I could have sworn I saw someone review this as their “favorite gyokuro ever," somewhat recently, prompting me to order a sample… but that review is clearly not here, and I can’t find whatever it...” Read full tasting note
“This is a very typical green tea. Smelling it is very buttery and then a hint of grassiness. The butteriness is missing almost completely from the tea when drinking and is instead replaced with a...” Read full tasting note
Ingredients: Tea Leaves (Shade Grown)
Net Weight: 0.5 lbs (227g)
Package: Large Foil Bag
Gyokuro is a shaded green tea and considered one of the finest green teas in Japan. Infusion produces a light green color and a deep, complex flavor. Gyokuro has a unique sweetness since shade allows the tea to retain a high Theanine content.
Use 1 tablespoon (5g) for 6 oz of water (3 servings). We recommend steeping with 120F – 140F water for 3 – 4 minutes. Yields approximately 135 servings/package.
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I could have sworn I saw someone review this as their “favorite gyokuro ever," somewhat recently, prompting me to order a sample… but that review is clearly not here, and I can’t find whatever it is I think I remember. Maybe it was not on Steepster. Maybe it was another tea and I ended up in a rabbit hole and came out with some gyokuro. It’s all possible.
I just recently saw a picture in my phone that unequivocally disagreed with a memory I had stored. It was a license plate — bold, clear letters on a stark white backdrop (or maybe it was black, ha). Not ambiguous. I would have bet money it held a different word. Brains are so weird. Trust no one’s neurons, not even your own.
Anyway. This is nice. Super vegetal, some lemony notes, umami. I don’t expect it will be my Favrit Gyo Evar once I start tripping through the endless sea of same, but a good introduction and a lovely sesh to come home to this morning.
This is a very typical green tea. Smelling it is very buttery and then a hint of grassiness. The butteriness is missing almost completely from the tea when drinking and is instead replaced with a slight bitterness at the end. The leaves are a very pretty blue-green color and are smaller than most other leaves, brewing up like spinach. The packaging suggested 140 degrees for steeping but I think this would have done better at either a lower temperature or lower steeping time since it did have a tad of bitterness.
Flavors: Butter, Grass, Spinach
