Official what GREEN are you currently drinking?

[bryan_drinks_tea]

On a less serious note, I just finished off some of the sencha powder from kaburagien. It has a darker, more roasted flavour and a pretty rich sweetness, though it's more like a mugicha kind of sweetness. I like it okay as just something to drink on a lazy day.

have fun teafriends.

[Alex]

Organic Kagoshima Shincha Asatsuyu

I likes it!

Yeah its good. very deep mmm.

[Stentor]

Maiko Kinari Shincha in the house!
Dry leaf looks spectacular!
First impression is very fresh and grassy. I'll report back when I've had a few more sessions with it.

[AdamMY]

I am bending the goal I had to get under 200 grams of 2011 Sencha before I drank any 2012 Shincha, but you got to enjoy stuff on your birthday right? So 2012 Kirameki.


2012 Kirameki (2) by Adam Yusko, on Flickr

[Stentor]

I am bending the goal I had to get under 200 grams of 2011 Sencha before I drank any 2012 Shincha, but you got to enjoy stuff on your birthday right? So 2012 Kirameki.

Definitely! Happy Birthday!

[blairswhitaker]

I am bending the goal I had to get under 200 grams of 2011 Sencha before I drank any 2012 Shincha, but you got to enjoy stuff on your birthday right? So 2012 Kirameki.


2012 Kirameki (2) by Adam Yusko, on Flickr

Happy birthday Adam, tell us how it tastes. I should be receiving my first batch of shincha any day now, YM from O-Cha, I am down to about 50 grams of 2011 sencha and plan to get it down pretty fast. I have a big order from yuuki-cha coming and I want to be fully primed for it.
though lately I have mainly been in the mood for matcha.

My green for the day was some matcha followed by some sencha from hojo.

[AdamMY]

Happy birthday Adam, tell us how it tastes.

I am quite thrilled with the Kirameki currently. Very fresh and clean tastes, and the first infusion was so refreshing. All in all through 3 infusions so far, I am quite thrilled at how nice and easy this is to drink, with just enough flavor to hold my attention but next to no bad flavors to speak of.

[Alex]

Happy birthday dude

[JRS22]

I broke my New Years Resolution not to purchase shincha and ordered a bag of Kirameki from O-Cha. After a few experiments with time, temperature and quantity I got 3 delicious steeps out of it today. If I wasn't cursed with this ubersensitivity to bitterness I might have kept going.

[AdamMY]

Last of my OTTI sample of Sencha Super Premium, from Zencha's Kagoshima collection.

[Chesslover]

O-cha's sae midori...delicious

[sherubtse]

Last of my OTTI sample of Sencha Super Premium, from Zencha's Kagoshima collection.

So what do you think of Zencha's Kagoshima senchas?

Thanks.

Best wishes,
sherubtse

[AdamMY]

I have quite enjoyed them, especially samples 3 and 4. Although my first run through a few of them did seem a bit potent, but my first run through most of them I was in an end of the semester rush, so not quite as patient in letting the water cool enough.

[bryan_drinks_tea]

YM from O-cha. It's how I remember good shincha/sencha from years ago when I lived with a Japanese family.

[blairswhitaker]

Also just received my YM from O-cha... I said I would give it another try and so I have, and it is everything I expected it to be. I wish I could be as impressed with this offering as everyone else. The tea its self is very high quality and the flavor profile is what I would expect from a deep steamed Yutaka midori. It's just that I don't get all that excited about fukamushi and the combo of yutaka midori fukamushi is even less to my particular tastes. It's very fresh and green, has a very yin like character which is refreshing.
I love umami and savory flavors so I will give this points for those. One thing that strikes me as odd is a heavy sweet flavor in the finish, almost syrupy. It's cloying and becomes a bit much for me at times. I will give this tea it's 100 grams of attention but I do not see myself ordering it again. especially when their are organic ( as well as pesticide and synthetic fertilizer free) versions available.