A blog about tea.
Tag: sencha
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Different Types of Sencha
Learn about the different types of sencha – how sencha growing, sencha steaming and sencha blending affects taste.
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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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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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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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Best Teas of 2019
In this article, I discuss the best teas I drank in 2019. I picked a 2017 Silver Needle, a Yakushima Sencha and a 2003 Ban Zhang sheng puer.
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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.
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Darjeeling Gopaldhara Sencha Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)
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.
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Yakushima Sencha Tea Tasting (Nio Teas)
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.
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Spring Break Session #4: Sencha Ariake (Palais des Thés)
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.
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Makinohara Roasted Sencha Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)
I did a tea tasting of Curious Tea’s subscription box of January 2019. This article is about the Makinohara Roasted Sencha.