Australian Shincha

A Green Tea from

Rating

69 / 100

Calculated from 9 Ratings
Tea type
Green Tea
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Ingredients
Green Tea Leaves
Flavors
Cut Grass, Herbaceous, Spinach, Bitter, Dry Grass, Zucchini, Cream, Grass, Butternut Squash, Creamy, Mineral, Seaweed, Sweet, Astringent
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 12 oz / 345 ml of water
Set water temperature to 190 °F / 87 °C
Use 4 g of tea
Steep for 2 min, 15 sec
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9 Tasting Notes View all

“I enjoyed the texture and look of the finer, grassier Japanese teas. This yielded a somewhat bitter, very spinachy cup. While decent overall, it isn’t really my cup. I prefer my green teas a little...” Read full tasting note
“It’s like a cup of lawn clippings, judging the appearance and aroma. Very springy. I was surprised by the steeping guidelines (they want me to add BOILING water? Really?), but followed them...” Read full tasting note
“This was really great. A fun tea to try in my Steepster box.” Read full tasting note
“Definitely smelling the grass that others have mentioned, but not as bad and in much more of that classic green tea way. I meant to steep it at boiling like the directions mentioned, but I got...” Read full tasting note

Description

A unique “new world” tea, grown outside Asia in the sunny fields of Wangaratta, Australia.

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