Top Leaf

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Rating

88 / 100

Calculated from 43 Ratings
Tea type
Green Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Astringent, Drying, Grass, Mango, Roasted, Dandelion, Green Beans, Honey, Seaweed, Sweet, Umami, Round, Vegetal, Butter, Butternut Squash, Citrus, Creamy, Honeydew, Spinach
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Certification
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Typical Preparation
Use 11 oz / 325 ml of water
Set water temperature to 165 °F / 73 °C
Use 4 g of tea
Steep for 2 min, 30 sec
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“Green tea of the mid morning here. This is another sensational, fresh & beautiful tea from Mellow Monk. I took this to work with me to concentrate on finishing it off (so I can justify buying...” Read full tasting note
“Revisiting a bit of this as I close-up my night of swap prep. In the past 2 weeks I have yanked over 120 different teas from my cupboards! Woot! Sharing the TEA LOVE :) I’m going to have another...” Read full tasting note
“Once again, I’m drinking a neglected Sencha and wondering why the hell I haven’t been drinking this more regularly. The first cup was made using barely steaming water, steeping the leaves for a...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea! It’s A-MAZ-ING and I’m glad that I had this opportunity to try it. This is so good. I love the light grapefruit notes of this tea. The...” Read full tasting note

Description

This is our top-of-the-line honcha, or traditional green tea. Top Leaf™ Green Tea is specially pampered in its own separate corner of the tea orchard. Not only does this tea receive extra fertilizer (organic, of course) during the growing season, but at harvest time, the growers pick only the top layer of young tea leaves. The result is a distinctive, more subtle, gentler flavor. This tea is always first flush.

You’ll taste the TLC (Tender Loving Care) that goes into this special tea. Treat yourself to one of the best green teas in the Aso tea-growing region—Mellow Monk® Top Leaf™ Green Tea.

Top Leaf™ Green Tea comes vacuum-sealed for freshness in foil packets. Each packet contains 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of tea, enough to make 40 to 50 cups of brewed tea.

To brew, use 1 heaping teaspoon of tea leaves for an 8-ounce cup or mug. The water temperature should be about 75 degrees Celcius (167 degrees Fahrenheit). (For more on water temperature, see here.) For the first steeping, let the tea brew for about 3 minutes. For the second and third steepings, let the tea brew for about 30 seconds to 1 minute.

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