Thanks so much for the sample, Wooree! This green tea is long and twisty. The look of the leaves reminds me more of a Bao Zhong oolong or the biggest leafed Mao Feng tea I’ve seen. The leaves have a lovely fresh vegetal fragrance. The flavor is high up there with the best green teas I’ve ever had the pleasure of sipping. The flavor is sweet and light but complex at the same time – a little brothy, fruity, nutty, buttery. Basically all of the best green tea characteristics in one cup. This is one of those green teas that could easily be the one green tea to represent all green teas in your tea collection, if you only could choose one! The second steep was also very similar – no astringency either. I love green teas that are smooth and also full of flavor. Wooree is described as “Handmade Korean green tea that gives back”. Ten percent of sales go back to South Korean orphans.
Steep #1 // one heaping teaspoon for a full mug// 30 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 30 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
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I wasn’t familiar with this site, but now I have a question: I know that Korean and Japanese foods are very similar (except that Korean food has a lot more garlic and hot peppers). Would you say Korean green teas are similar to Japanese greens?
I’m not sure how many Japanese teas I’ve tried outside of Sencha, but this one was certainly reminding me of some Chinese teas, like the Bao Zhong and the Mao Feng I mentioned. This one did have a slight savory flavor to it, that I sometimes associate with Japanese green teas though.
Also, this might be the first Korean tea I’ve tried!
Oh okay. Yeah, I’ve never tried one either, but this makes me interested.
I wasn’t familiar with this site, but now I have a question: I know that Korean and Japanese foods are very similar (except that Korean food has a lot more garlic and hot peppers). Would you say Korean green teas are similar to Japanese greens?
I’m not sure how many Japanese teas I’ve tried outside of Sencha, but this one was certainly reminding me of some Chinese teas, like the Bao Zhong and the Mao Feng I mentioned. This one did have a slight savory flavor to it, that I sometimes associate with Japanese green teas though.
Also, this might be the first Korean tea I’ve tried!
Oh okay. Yeah, I’ve never tried one either, but this makes me interested.