Spring 2022 harvest
Shines western in glass with shorter steeps, like 1 minute or less. I tried brewing in a few different clay pots but that was a disaster, very bitter and drying even though I was caring for the leaf. Bowl brewing is quite good. A manageable bitterness can sit at the bottom.
Leaf in hand smells like roasted chestnuts, understated caramel-vanilla-cream, blanched nettles and a surprising heavy undertone of cinnamon, not sharp but like it’s part of a dish that’s been cooked for hours. The brewed aroma is of roasted nuts, sweet and soft roasted chestnut, soybean and seafood umami.
Lightly viscous, clean and sweet vegetal-nutty-umami taste. Notes of soybean, pistachio, oats, cashew, stewed green bean and spinach, grass, seafood broth and a creamy tone reminiscent of cauliflower. No notable aftertaste or energy.
It’s less refined? than the Imperial Grade I went crazy about 4 years ago. More rounded and nutty, more seafood umami, less vibrant structure to the taste. I miss the sharpness of leeks, the chicken broth umami, the feeling of being surrounded by cypress trees on a foggy coastal cliff.
This has good longevity, though, and is very easy to drink.
edited: Had a lot of pent up emotion. Talking and writing weren’t cutting it. Typing it out was all i needed to clear my mind, as well as some kind words. Thanks :) I got this.
Flavors: Caramel, Cashew, Cauliflower, Chestnut, Cinnamon, Creamy, Fish Broth, Grass, Green Beans, Herbs, Mineral, Nutty, Oats, Pistachio, Roasted Nuts, Round, Shellfish, Soybean, Spinach, Sweet, Tannin, Umami, Vanilla, Vegetal, Viscous
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Be strong and I am also available if you need to be listened by someone else. Ashmanra knows my rants :) but it is necessary.
We are just an email away if you need anything.
Praying for you to be full of guts, gumption, and grace over the next few weeks!
Thank you, that means a lot.
Praying and available if you need a listening ear!
derk I am sending you hugs and prayers… and…
Something about me:
I was in the very same boat as you. Never asking for help, because it felt like confessing I am weak and can’t do it myself. I was trying and trying and failing so often. School stuff, my panic attacks (I can beat them myself!), even some DIYs, driving and such. I CAN DO IT MYSELF in the best way.
Hell no! And I found that not so long ago. At work. That it is completely normal to say “I do not know.” “I need help.” or something like that. Be kind to others and others will be kind to you. Don’t forget to say thank you even for small things.
And now… yes — I do not do sales, but I have to decide for many things. How to pack things (hazmats too), which transport mode to use. How to label it accordingly. How to do not forgot to do anything. So many decisions are on my chest and sometimes it feels “yikes” but sometimes it fills me with pride that I was able to do it. The responsibility is hard for me though. I would be rather somewhere in the back-office where noone knows about me. Sometimes. Also, it’s up to me to write most of the English emails to everyone. From shipping issues, to fulfilling the orders from our subsidiary companies. Because “you are young and know English better than everyone.” So I just had to ask for credit note… while finances are nothing I want to work with.
Be strong and I am also available if you need to be listened by someone else. Ashmanra knows my rants :) but it is necessary.
We are just an email away if you need anything.