Sipdown! (9)
Definitely making better progress on sipping these Obubu teas since I made it one of my goals for the year (and made a tracker spreadsheet, obviously). I have a lot to go through, and I’m not sure I’ll ever get to the point where I’m keeping up the tea club shipments, but it would be nice to be only a year or two behind LOL!
Anyway, this still tastes delicious despite being from September of 2022. This is one of their hojicha that’s made from sencha rather than bancha, I want to say a summer sencha in this case? So it definitely has a grassier, greener, and sharper flavor to it IMO. Not overly sharp, but moreso than their basic hojicha. A bit more intensity as well, though I did also overleaf this cup so I wouldn’t have the dreaded half-cup’s-worth of tea left over. Anyway, still nicely toasty and woodsy with a little bit of roasted nut in there as well. A cozy tea for the cold weather we’re having here in Austin.
Flavors: Dry Grass, Earthy, Grassy, Mineral, Nutty, Roasted, Roasted Nuts, Toasty, Woodsy, Woody