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Soft and warm, nutty and toasty.

A bit of black tea in the afternoon to get me through.

お久しぶりです。 One of my favorites, and drink nearly every day. Just enough of a lift to get me going in the morning without overdoing it. A wonderful grassiness.

Drinking this a bit out of season, but it’s a fantastic tea. Delicately flavored, and gives the feeling of a crisp autumn morning, watching the leaves fall.

I am trying this tea for the first time.
The loose leaf tea contains small sugar crystals, which makes it nice to look at. The scent is noticeably cherry without being overpowering. When brewed, the tea has a light flavor, but not dull like some other decaffeinated teas can be. The flavor profile is there, but on the delicate side. A bit of milk in the tea is nice as well.

I am drinking this one again in the afternoon. The salty flavor helps cut the sweetness of a snack I had just previously. The flavor this time has kind of been lost behind the edge of the salted-leaf. Next time I will try a lower temperature.

Deep and rich, satisfying with or after a meal.

I am trying this tea for the first time, using water just off the boil.
My first impression is that it’s quite different. I can understand why it has such wildly different review scores: there is an undercurrent of salted cherry three leaves that is quite different, and can be puzzling if you haven’t tasted them before. For me, the saltiness does indeed provide a clean taste, as described by Lupicia. It’s not my favorite flavored green tea, but it is a nice one nonetheless.