Morita #01: Premium Sayama Sencha, Suiren

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Rating

82 / 100

Calculated from 5 Ratings
Tea type
Green Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Grass, Peach, Toasty, Umami, Vegetal, Bitter, Cucumber, Honey, Lettuce, Metallic, Nutty, Peas, Peppercorn, Sweet, Zucchini, Creamy, Jasmine, Seaweed, Spinach, Thick
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Caffeine
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Certification
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Typical Preparation
Use 7 oz / 197 ml of water
Set water temperature to 160 °F / 71 °C
Use 5 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 45 sec
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5 Tasting Notes View all

“6oz Teapot (180ml) Tea Leaves – 5g Water Temp – 60˚C and 90˚C Four Steeps – 45s per steep The Yunomi club sent me this sample with instructions to taste the first and third steep at 60˚C so I can...” Read full tasting note
“Really enjoyed this sencha. Equally good with both a long first steep and shorter first steep. With that longer first steep, it was decently bitter with heavy umami and a full-feeling thickness. ...” Read full tasting note
“Steeped 1tsp (3.8g) in 70C water. 30s wasn’t quite enough, yielding a very mild flavour, while 45s was almost too much. The liquor went from a bright, cloudy green to dark yellow-green in those 15...” Read full tasting note
“This is the last one from the Morita sampler! I was wondering what the difference was between their standard and premium senchas, so after a little poking around on the site I discovered that...” Read full tasting note

Description

Carefully finished (post-processed) selecting the highest grades of leaves, the Morita family created this premium sencha with the love and dedication of 10th generation tea farmers. (Note: Morita-san changes his packaging from time to time and may not be the package shown in the photo.)

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