Excuse me Gyokuro, where have you been hiding all my tea-drinking life? My first Gyokuro and, needless to say, I am happily in love.
This is my second time drinking it and tinkering around with the steeping time and temperature. The first time I killed it on the second steep by following Den’s instructions (180* at 30 sec). I should have known better from reading about Gyokuro and its low temperature preference, but sometimes I like finding out these things myself (and wasting expensive tea in the meantime).
This cup I brewed is deliciously buttery and sweet. Even onto the third infusion it’s holding onto flavor. I didn’t think I enjoyed sweetness in tea, especially green, but this is a different kind of sweetness- a mellow, buttery and grassy one. The first infusion was vegetal and grassy. The second infusion was probably my favorite, highlighting the buttery taste I can’t get enough of. The third was like the second, but less potent.
Steeping notes: 3oz. with 2 g
1. 145* at 90 sec.
2. 160* at 60 sec.
3. 170* at 90 sec.
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One of my favorites! Whenever I’m craving some udon or Japanese food, I always turn to this. Can’t beat the umami and sweetness for the price!
Agreed. Oh, and I used your notes as a guideline because I had I never brewed this tea before!
Hahaha, that’s great — I thought those numbers looked familiar :) This was the first Gyokuro I ever tasted, and it looks like it blew me away just as much the first time as it did you. I could ice and chug cups of Sencha all day, but there’s something special about a nice, thick cup of Gyokuro.
Haha, I’m currently drinking sencha. I was sitting here thinking I should have just made a ton of sencha right now instead of a little cup. Gyokuro, on the other hand, is a type of tea that forces you to brew smaller quantities and just sip slowly. It’s going to be one of those teas I look forward to brewing in the afternoon and just unwinding with.
love gyokuro….even better to steep it into butter and baste salmon with it …yum
One of my favorites! Whenever I’m craving some udon or Japanese food, I always turn to this. Can’t beat the umami and sweetness for the price!
Agreed. Oh, and I used your notes as a guideline because I had I never brewed this tea before!
Hahaha, that’s great — I thought those numbers looked familiar :) This was the first Gyokuro I ever tasted, and it looks like it blew me away just as much the first time as it did you. I could ice and chug cups of Sencha all day, but there’s something special about a nice, thick cup of Gyokuro.
Haha, I’m currently drinking sencha. I was sitting here thinking I should have just made a ton of sencha right now instead of a little cup. Gyokuro, on the other hand, is a type of tea that forces you to brew smaller quantities and just sip slowly. It’s going to be one of those teas I look forward to brewing in the afternoon and just unwinding with.
love gyokuro….even better to steep it into butter and baste salmon with it …yum