“Very soft with a bright snow pea and grass taste without being overtly vegetal or grassy. A hint of butter. Thick foam. I don’t get an aftertaste; rather, this matcha produces a clean and clear...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown 30 Steepster! I haven’t logged a tea in 2 months. I got a Nespresso machine and became briefly obsessed with making fun iced lattes, so I wasn’t drinking as much tea. I was still drinking...” Read full tasting note
Updated 28 Mar 2024 by derk
ethereal, radiant, pause-inducing
Just when we thought matcha couldn’t possibly get any better than the Hikari, along comes a blend from yet another obsessive farmer that startles even us. It’s hard to imagine matcha — or any beverage, for that matter — improving on this.
So much natural sweetness and elegance. Pure umami, notes of drawn butter and pureed asparagus. Otherworldly.
From Ogura, Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
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Just when you thought matcha couldn’t possibly get any better, along comes a blend from yet another obsessive farmer that startles even us. It’s remarkable that this stuff is legal. It’s as if visitors from another planet designed the perfect food/drink for humans, one that makes them perfectly nourished, sated, optimally healthy, insanely productive, and — well, we might as well say it — buddha beings. It’s liquid meditation, and it’s hard to imagine any beverage tasting better than this.
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