This tea is very dark-looking to the extent that it could pass for a black tea. Having learned my lesson with the NecessiTea’s Strawberry Shortcake I made sure to research the recommended steeping time/temp before I started. I am surprised that Den’s Teas recommends using boiling water but it is a pretty robust tea for a japanese green.
Looking at the tea I can see how it got the ‘Gold’ part of its name. The taste is a bit like a genmaicha but without the malted, grainy quality. There’s a hint of…not quite charcoal but something like it in the flavour.
The second steep @ 15 seconds is smoother and slightly sweeter.
I have nothing to compare this tea against but it’s interesting and certainly not objectionable.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C
0 min, 30 sec
