Fukamushi styled tea not from Japan?

[beforewisdom]

Is fukamushi style tea ( prepped so the result is a dark green tea liquid ) produced anywhere else other than Japan?

[chingwa]

I assume... you mean fukamushi... deep steamed sencha? As far as I know it is only produced in Japan.

Now, if you rhetorically meant fukushima tea... well...

[beforewisdom]

Ha ha, yes.

[Chip]

Freudian slip?

I believe Yamamotoyama produces a "fukamushi" in Brazil? Likely not worthy of much effort to acquire.

[AdamMY]

Freudian slip?

I believe Yamamotoyama produces a "fukamushi" in Brazil? Likely not worthy of much effort to acquire.

Chip are you saying you are a Terroirist?

[AdamMY]

Either bad joke or it is too easy to miss the "i" on terroir(ist). I was trying to make a clever play on words implying that Chip thinks quite highly of Japanese tea, espespecially those with land provenance.

[Poohblah]

I thought it was clever and I understood it.

[MEversbergII]

Freudian slip?

I believe Yamamotoyama produces a "fukamushi" in Brazil? Likely not worthy of much effort to acquire.

Fakamushi to be honest.

M.

[beachape]

I went out of my way to buy yamamotoyama green tea....mostly for the novelty of Brazilian Japanese style tea. It was not worth the money or the effort.

[Chip]

Either bad joke or it is too easy to miss the "i" on terroir(ist). I was trying to make a clever play on words implying that Chip thinks quite highly of Japanese tea, espespecially those with land provenance.

Sorry, I thought I replied to this back then. Clever word play!

And it is likely true. I will generally stick with the real deal! Though I have wanted to try the one selection TeaSpring offers occasionally from China ... at least they are not calling it sencha nor hiding the origin of the selection.

You really have to do some serious investigating to figure out the Yamamotoyama selection is Brazilian. I detest this method of marketing. If it is Brazilian, why not include that right in the actual product description? Why try to hide the fact or sell it with a clever "sencha" disguise?

[Chasm]

I just saw that Teasource has a "Chinese sencha": http://teasource.com/merchant2/merchant ... t_Count=10

I haven't tried it, but my experience with Teasource is that they don't really dig Japanese greens, and consistently try to get them to come out Chinese in flavor. They've also got a new Japanese green that is deliberately made to hit a more Chinese flavor profile -- I have a sample, but haven't tried it yet.

Oddly enough, their gyokuro is the only gyokuro I've had that I can tolerate without some kind of massive caffeine reaction. When I brew it, it comes out like a delicate Japanese green. When they brew it in the store, it comes out like a rather bland Chinese green.

[Chip]

I just saw that Teasource has a "Chinese sencha": http://teasource.com/merchant2/merchant ... t_Count=10

I haven't tried it, but my experience with Teasource is that they don't really dig Japanese greens, and consistently try to get them to come out Chinese in flavor. They've also got a new Japanese green that is deliberately made to hit a more Chinese flavor profile -- I have a sample, but haven't tried it yet.

Oddly enough, their gyokuro is the only gyokuro I've had that I can tolerate without some kind of massive caffeine reaction. When I brew it, it comes out like a delicate Japanese green. When they brew it in the store, it comes out like a rather bland Chinese green.

Unfortunately they do not offer any photos of the tea in question ...

At $3.50 for 2 ounces, I do not hold out much hope for this offering.

[Chasm]

At $3.50 for 2 ounces, I do not hold out much hope for this offering.

I wouldn't necessarily discount it just on that, because part of Teasource's thing is crazy weird bargains, especially with something they haven't offered before. Sometimes they come up with a tea lot that is very good, but they managed to get it at a bargain price.

[Chip]

Unfortunately the days of my "buying it on a whim" have seem to passed. Photos may have helped sway me.

[Chasm]

Yeah, I'm not really sure why they don't post photos of the leaves. These days cell phone cameras would do the job adequately.