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Chinese Sencha
Posted: May 30th, '07, 18:49
by tomasini
Anyone had this blaspheme?
Cause I ordered some...
I just had to try it
Posted: May 30th, '07, 21:09
by Chip
I refuse to respond on the grounds the Chinese may not sell me Long Jing.
I think you catch my drift
Posted: May 30th, '07, 22:35
by Space Samurai
I drink chinese sencha, mostly because it is the only sencha we sell where I work right now, and it is good. But it is not a Japanese sencha.
There are a list of 30 new teas waiting to be approved for my store, including a kukicha, asamushi, and a fukamushi. Please oh please oh please...
Posted: May 31st, '07, 12:49
by tomasini
fukamushi....
really? what is that?
Posted: May 31st, '07, 13:17
by Space Samurai
fukamushicha is a deep steamed sencha from Kagoshima (I don't know if they all come from Kagoshima, but the one in question does). I think the process was developed in the 70's. It has a dark green liquor and a rather bold taste.
Posted: May 31st, '07, 17:14
by Chip
...besides having a umm catchy name, yes, fukamushi is deep steamed, another words steamed a little longer than traditional sencha. As a result, it brews much faster and tends to be very flavorful and aromatic.
When you look at it, it looks like low grade sencha because it is small particles, a result of the deep steaming.
It can come from any of the major tea regions of Japan including Uji, Kagoshima and Shizuoka.
Posted: Jun 2nd, '07, 22:42
by augie
. . . and it's just fun to say over and over and over.
Fukamushi, fukamushi.
Posted: Jun 4th, '07, 14:06
by teaspoon
So, um, how is the Chinese sencha?
~curious tsp
Posted: Jun 5th, '07, 11:00
by MarshalN
Actually...... a lot of Chinese teas, back in the day, used to be steamed, therefore senchas.
Not true anymore though