93

Haha, wow!

Grounding, stimulating yet calming, refreshing. It’s like an overlay of three California environments — the Montara Mountain trailhead eucalyptus grove saturated with early evening fog; a sunny Oro Blanco grapefruit grove in southern California; the cool coastline with scattered tangles of sea vegetation.

If you like eucalyptus, flowers, grapefruit peel and a strong aftertaste, please give this a try. I never would have expected such a profile from sencha.

April 28, 2021 harvest

Flavors: Apple, Apricot, Astringent, Beans, Bitter, Bittersweet, Citrus Zest, Cream, Eucalyptus, Floral, Flowers, Grapefruit, Grass, Grassy, Marine, Melon, Ocean Breeze, Orange Blossom, Peach, Peppermint, Perfume, Pine, Sage, Seaweed, Spinach, Sugarcane, Sweet, Thick

Leafhopper

This company should hire you to write tasting notes! These teas all sound great, in spite of the fact that I don’t gravitate toward Japanese greens.

ashmanra

I second that!

derk

Thanks. It’s difficult to put into words an experience and to assemble subjective complexities into a cohesive description. Thés du Japon has very good teas. I never appreciated Japanese teas until ordering from them.

Martin Bednář

derk: I rarely find good words for the experience as well. Moreover, translating it to English. Sometimes it soudns great in my language, but feels “boring” in English. So, yeah… making cohesive and complex review is often hard. But you did well here!

derk

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Leafhopper

This company should hire you to write tasting notes! These teas all sound great, in spite of the fact that I don’t gravitate toward Japanese greens.

ashmanra

I second that!

derk

Thanks. It’s difficult to put into words an experience and to assemble subjective complexities into a cohesive description. Thés du Japon has very good teas. I never appreciated Japanese teas until ordering from them.

Martin Bednář

derk: I rarely find good words for the experience as well. Moreover, translating it to English. Sometimes it soudns great in my language, but feels “boring” in English. So, yeah… making cohesive and complex review is often hard. But you did well here!

derk

Some things just need to be taken in.

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This place, like the rest of the internet, is dead and overrun with bots. Yet I persist.

Eventual tea farmer. If you are a tea grower, want to grow your own plants or are simply curious, please follow me so we can chat.

I most enjoy loose-leaf, unflavored teas and tisanes. Teabags have their place. Some of my favorite teas have a profound effect on mind and body rather than having a specific flavor profile.

Favorite teas generally come from China (all provinces), Taiwan, India (Nilgiri and Manipur). Frequently enjoyed though less sipped are teas from Georgia, Japan, and Nepal. While I’m not actively on the hunt, a goal of mine is to try tea from every country that makes it available to the North American market. This is to gain a vague understanding of how Camellia sinensis performs in different climates. I realize that borders are arbitrary and some countries are huge with many climates and tea-growing regions.

I’m convinced European countries make the best herbal teas.

Personal Rating Scale:

100-90: A tea I can lose myself into. Something about it makes me slow down and appreciate not only the tea but all of life or a moment in time. If it’s a bagged or herbal tea, it’s of standout quality in comparison to similar items.

89-80: Fits my profile well enough to buy again.

79-70: Not a preferred tea. I might buy more or try a different harvest. Would gladly have a cup if offered.

69-60: Not necessarily a bad tea but one that I won’t buy again. Would have a cup if offered.

59-1: Lacking several elements, strangely clunky, possesses off flavor/aroma/texture or something about it makes me not want to finish.

Unrated: Haven’t made up my mind or some other reason. If it’s puerh, I likely think it needs more age.

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