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My tea came from the Orient Express sampler (Korean Sejak, Gyokuro Yamashiro, Dragonwell).

Impressions on the first steep; sweet, delicate, slightly vegetal. Tea leaves smell sweet as well. The liquor is kind of a bright green color.

Second steep was much more vegetal, not sweet at all. Much more of a robust flavor. On inspection of the leaves, my husband remarked that it smells like fruit roll-ups (omg don’t ask me, I don’t know why he said that!)

Will I buy more of this tea? No, probably not. I’m not a big fan of green tea (I like it, but I don’t love it), so it has to really impress me to become a favorite. Overall I thought it was a pleasant green tea with a nice sweet flavor. Easy to enjoy and not too difficult to brew right.

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165 °F / 73 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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I don’t log tea every time I drink it. Tasting notes tend to be about either one style of brewing or a new experience. It is helpful for me to look back on my notes and see what a tea tasted like or which steeping parameter worked best for me. I try to mostly short steep tea unless it only tastes better with a long steep. I’d rather experience what a tea tastes like over 3 or 12 steeps than just 1 to 3 long steeps.

When I write “tsp”, the measurement I use is a regular western teaspoon. Not a tea scoop

How I rate tea:

99-100: Teas that blow my mind! An unforgettable experience. Savoured to the last drop. I felt privileged to drink this.

90-98: Extraordinary, highly recommended, try it and you won’t be disappointed (and if you are, mail me the tea!)

85-89: Wonderful, couldn’t expect more but not a favourite.

80-84: Excellent, a treasured experience but not a favourite.

70-79: Good but could be better. Above average.

60-69: Average, unexceptional, not something I would buy again. Slightly disappointed. I’d rather drink water.

50-0: Varying degrees of sadness

No rating: Mixed feelings, can’t decide whether I like it or not, not enough experience with that sort of tea to rate it. A dramatic change of heart.