Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden: Sobacha green tea

Tea type
Green Herbal Blend
Ingredients
Green Tea
Flavors
Citrus, Honey, Lemon, Nutty, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Toasty, Wheat, Popcorn, Spinach, Vegetal
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Sachet
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Ken
Average preparation
165 °F / 73 °C 2 min, 15 sec 4 g 11 oz / 316 ml

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  • “This also makes a tasty cold brew. I used 1 sachet in 500mL for 8 hours but that could probably be decreased a few hours. The resulting tea was thicker and tasted grassier, less tart and a little...” Read full tasting note
    85
  • “Summer Vacation! This is a whole leaf tea that is sold in sachets that I picked up from Yunomi, and my prediction was correct; I left myself even less time this morning than before, mainly on...” Read full tasting note
    83
  • “Okay to start with I normally dont drink tea bags, but this was interesting enough that I decided to make an exception and Im very glad I did. I brewed it exactly according to instructions with 200...” Read full tasting note
    86

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Sobacha green tea using green tea grown in Shimada, Shizuoka prefecture and Soba grown in Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita Prefecture.

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4 Tasting Notes

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1619 tasting notes

This also makes a tasty cold brew. I used 1 sachet in 500mL for 8 hours but that could probably be decreased a few hours. The resulting tea was thicker and tasted grassier, less tart and a little more bitter which gave the tea more depth. That sweet Payday candy bar smell/taste weaved its way through all of that. Very refreshing.

Preparation
Iced 17 OZ / 500 ML
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I have not tried this cold brewed yet. Will have to do that!

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1253 tasting notes

Summer Vacation! This is a whole leaf tea that is sold in sachets that I picked up from Yunomi, and my prediction was correct; I left myself even less time this morning than before, mainly on account of a migraine (seriously, I should’ve called in, but my job can be such a butt about it… here I am at work and still thinking I made the wrong choice, meh). The forest fire smoke is such a migraine trigger for me, it’s just awful. May still bail at lunch…

In any event, I just boiled some water, tossed one of these bags in the cup, steeped it while throwing clothes on, then removed it from the thermos before I was out the door. It’s green tea with soba, and I was expecting it to be pretty close to my beloved genmaicha. And it is, mostly, though I find it actually tastes a lot sweeter than genmaicha, which surprised me. Like there is a slightly more honeyed note toward the end of the sip, beneath that toasted cereal flavor. The green tea also has a nice, smooth, grassy flavor with no bitterness, and a very subtle lemony citrus flavor at the end of the sip. This is a nice tea that would appeal to fans of genmaicha that has some slight deviations in the flavor.

Flavors: Citrus, Honey, Lemon, Nutty, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Toasty, Wheat

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML

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Okay to start with I normally dont drink tea bags, but this was interesting enough that I decided to make an exception and Im very glad I did. I brewed it exactly according to instructions with 200 water for 2.5 minutes. I got sweet, vegetal green liquor with a hunt of nuttiness. Its not as intensely nutty or popcorn as genmaicha, its much more subtle. There is almost a wheat like flavor in this as well. It also mellows the green flavors of the tea as well, leading to a nice mellow tea, that I highly recommend for afternoons.

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Flavors: Nutty, Popcorn, Spinach, Vegetal, Wheat

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 2 min, 30 sec 4 g 6 OZ / 177 ML

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