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My fourth offering of this tea in two years… this years batch is simply stunning! Light buttery citrus hints in the first steep, followed by subsequent bold grassy notes. Complex and delicious!

Spot on as usual!

Logging this one for last night really. This time I used water at 68 Degrees C and it was just about perfect! Beautiful sweetness with just a hint of bitterness. Seems to be a lot fussier about temperature than the Kiri-no-Mori

Just opened this and a wondeful haze of fine matcha dust left the can as I did so! Started it off at 2 chashaku of matcha, 80ml Water, 75 Degrees C… Immediatly I could tell this was the highest quality matcha I have had to date, it sifted and whisked very easily. In terms of flavour it had a touch more bitterness than the Kiri-No-Mori, so next time I will knock the water temperature down a little (perhaps to about 65). Overall though very tasty!

This really is the last of this now! Still preferring it slightly to the organic Kaoru, but don’t think I have the parameters quite right for that one yet.

Nearly finished this one now, onto the Organic Kaoru next!

I actually had a third bowl of this after my lunch!

I have a PhD funding application to finish today so look’s like it will be a Matcha day!

A nice balanced matcha, not overly sweet and no noticeable bitterness. Easy to prepare, doesn’t seem too sensitive to higher or lower water temps, I use between 70-80 degrees C – 80ml water – 2 chashaku of matcha. Would recommend!

This is the green tea I drink nearly every day. It’s fussy but when perfectly prepared has the grassy sweetness that is what I love about sencha.

I never get tired of this sencha. Second steep is still pretty good. Third steep is about as far as I’ll push it (175 degrees, 2 minutes)

It’s called “Daily”, and indeed it is found in my cup every day.

Having a cup with my favorite breakfast: a scrambled egg on top of a bowl of rice. The tea is a gentle wake-up from a weird night.

My morning cup, a little gentler than a cup of black tea.