[Spring 2022 harvest]
This green tea requires a bit of attention to fully unravel its qualities. One can easily brew it too light for instance – here I would recommend high leaf to water ratios and possibly also longer infusions initially.
Dry leaves smell like a mix of floral (lavender) and vegetal (spinach) notes. The wet leaf aroma is then quite sweet and grassy – like the taste profile as well. Besides, the tea is also somewhat juicy and refreshing. Specific flavours include butter, rapini, cooked celery root, custard and a bready note that one may often find in gyokuro.
The texture is full and spacious with a slightly biting and metallic mouthfeel that turns numbing too. Aftertaste is floral and savoury with hints of sunflower seeds and menthol.
Overall, it’s a refined and a little unique green tea – I’m happy it was the first 2022 green tea I’ve had.
Flavors: Biting, Bread, Broccoli, Butter, Celery, Custard, Floral, Grass, Juicy, Lavender, Menthol, Metallic, Spinach, Stewed Vegetables, Sweet, Vegetal
