A blog about tea.
Category: Green Tea
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Kuki Hojicha Tea Tasting (Nio Teas)
The Kuki Hojicha from Nio Teas has to be one of the best Hojicha teas I have ever tried. Notes of cofee, hot chocolate and burned sugar.
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Tai Ping Hou Kui Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
The 2021 Tai Ping Hou Kui from Teasenz is a real treat. It offers a combination of sugary sweet and grassy flavours with a warming aftertaste.
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Ming Qian Huangshan Maofeng Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
The Ming Qian Huangshan Maofeng from Teasenz is a delicious first flush green tea from 2021. It offers citrus at the start and a sweetness in the finish.
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Handpicked Honyama Sencha Tea Tasting (Teamania)
The Handpicked Honyama Sencha from Teamania is a fantastic sencha. It felt like a breeze on a hot summer’s day with notes of umami and a sweet grassiness.
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2021 First Flush Long Jing Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
This 2021 First Flush Long Jing from Teasenz feels fresh and green at the start but has a prominent nuttiness and sweetness towards the end.
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Shikoku Temple Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The Shikoku Temple Tea from ANMO is a Japanese sencha from 2020. It comes from the main Buddhist temple on Tsurugi mountain and is grassy, nutty and sweet.
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Sencha Saemidori Kagoshima Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The Sencha Saemidori Kagoshima from ANMO is a truly delicious Japanese green tea. It starts with umami flavours and changes into a sweet fruitiness.
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Organic Sencha Kirishima Yabukita Tea Tasting (Tee Kontor Kiel)
The Organic Sencha Kirishima Yabukita from Tee Kontor Kiel is a gentle Japanese sencha. It has a fruity flavour profile with a sweet twist and some umami.
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Xihu Longjing Tea Tasting (Hey China)
The Xihu Longjing from Hey China Tea is a fresh and green tea that was not as sweet and nutty as other Longjing. It felt like spring on the tip of my tongue.
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Bio China Enshi Hubei Cui Lü First Flush Tea Tasting (Tee Kontor Kiel)
The Bio China Enshi Hubei Cui Lü First Flush from Tee Kontor Kiel is a subtle but amazing green tea. Nutty flavours with an ever-changing sweetness.
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Tai Ping Hou Kui Tea Tasting (Tea Joint)
Tea Joint’s 2019 Tai Ping Hou Kui is a fantastic tea. It has everything I look for in a green tea: a light grassiness and a sweet and roasted nuttiness.
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Kuradashi Gyokuro Uji Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Kuradashi Gyokuro Uji from The Japanese Tea Hub is like an Espresso shot full of umami. Besides that, you get some subtle grassy notes as well.
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Watanabe Shimadori Kabusecha Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Watanabe Shimadori Kabusecha from The Japanese Tea Hub is a tea full of umami and candy sweetness. Drinking this one feels delicate and silky smooth.
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Miuori Kirishima Sencha Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Miuori Kirishima Sencha from The Japanese Tea Hub is delicious. I experienced grassy notes, umami, and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste.
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Masuda YuDi Sencha Tea Tasting (Nio Teas)
Nio Tea’s Masuda Yudi Sencha is a really warming Japanese sencha. It is sweet in combination with a grassy undertone, which makes it perfect for rainy days.