Teasenz’ Liu An Gua Pian is an explosion of green flavours at the beginning. This changes into sweetness and nuttiness, which is an enjoyable combination.
Nio Teas’ Gyokuro Cha Musume is an almost perfect tea with an umami flavour profile. You can also taste some hazelnut and a subtle sweetness.
Tropical Treasures’ Green Tea Kilimanjaro is a tea that has pleasant flavours deep beneath the surface. It’s perfect to forget everything for a while.
The Darjeeling Gopaldhara Sencha is a green tea from Mirik Valley in Darjeeling. Its smoky character with notes of tobacco make this an unusual green tea.
Yakushima sencha is a Japanese green tea that promises to be sweet. It’s a typical Japanese green that tastes like a fresh breeze on a hot Summer’s day.
Horizontal session of two Long Jing teas: Long Jing West Lake and Long Jing Ming Qian. Two samples of the same tea that come from different locations.
Today’s session was about African teas. I got some samples from Specialty Tea Ltd and drank some Kilimanjaro black and Usambara green tea.
A subtle Taiwanese green tea made from the Qing Xin Gan Zi cultivar. This results in an interesting combination of sweetness, roasted nuts and green flavours.
Lu An Gua Pian (or Melon Seed) is a delicious green tea with vegetal notes that transform into a soft creaminess. It is Spring in your teapot.
Tea session of one of the smoothest Sencha green teas from Japan. A steamed green tea with nuttiness and a vegetal flavour profile. Perfect introduction to the joys of Sencha teas.
An atypical green tea from Japan. The combination of tea and popped rice offers a unique flavour profile. Do you like popcorn?
I did a tea tasting of Curious Tea’s subscription box of January 2019. This article is about the Makinohara Roasted Sencha.
