Dry Aroma: Sweetgrass. One of my favorite tea scents. The aroma changes very quickly as it moves from freshly opened to mixing with the air.
Appearance: Dark green with a few light greens. A few long needles but mostly smaller pieces.
Liquor aroma: Mouth watering. Slightly brothy. Some what grassy.
Wet leaf: Mushy. Green.
Flavor: This tea is like a 2-year-old. Watch it or you’re going to have a mess. Within 10 seconds it quickly switches from this creamy sweet grass with a silky mouthfeel to a raging toddler with astringency and strong grass notes.
NIO Advent 2023: Quick brewing in a shiboridashi is a thing of art. And I am an amateur. The amount of water is very small so the steep time is quite quick. Many of the same notes. Though I do think this one shines brighter with a higher amount of water. Could also be the 3 canker sores speaking…
I’ve had some greens that threw tantrums if the water was half a degree off. And some like a sulky teenager…the flavor wouldn’t come out of its room no matter how much you raged, pleaded, and bribed!