“Work – 1:30 PM The Great Cupboard Excavation Untasted teas remaining: 29 So obukucha is a tea that is generally consumed to celebrate the New Year. It doesn’t have a specific composition, but...” Read full tasting note
“Second steep: Still a very strong, heady cup, veering toward astringent now even though I steeped for barely 30 seconds. I’ll go lighter on the leaf and the steep time next go around for sure! I...” Read full tasting note
“Scent Notes: The Genmai is strong with this one, it’s very toasted and rice/bread like. All with a grassy and rather fresh green tea to lighten it. Flavour Notes: It tastes as toasted as it smells...” Read full tasting note
Obukucha is sencha tea with ume (Japanese plum) and musubi-kombu (knotted kelp). In the Kansai region it is drunk at New Years celebration.
INGREDIENTS – sencha tea leaves, genmai (brown rice), black soybean, white beans, matcha, sliced kelp, edible gold flakes
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