This is another one that I portioned out ahead of time that’s been waiting to be consumed. Steeped with probably too much water, as it didn’t have as strong a flavor as I would have liked. The liquor was a light yellow green and did exude that sencha smell, but upon tasting the first steep, it is extremely light. Faint vegetal flavor, not much umami, actually getting a bit of nuttiness out of it, which isn’t bad, just unexepcted. But I don’t rule out the possibility that it absorbed that from another tea.
For the second steep I up the temperature to 80C, reduce the water by about half and do a quick infusion. I do get some more flavor out of it but not a ton. All in all, this is a fairly lackluster sencha in my opinion. I don’t see myself revisiting it again.
