A certain tea friend who bleeds green sent me a couple of matcha samples... and now I am craving more... I hopehopehope the O-Cha order comes today!
Sarah
Heard about this thread on the poll one a few days ago and yes i placed an order too! couldn't pass up the cherry sencha or the starter set- now i have a kyusu for work and travel.
this is a very tasty place but for my wallet very dangerous!!
and i am so interested in matcha!! that will have to wait til june- i can do it -i can do it....
this is a very tasty place but for my wallet very dangerous!!
and i am so interested in matcha!! that will have to wait til june- i can do it -i can do it....
Feb 23rd, '09, 21:44
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My box came today! Even with the snow! What to try first???? I think I'll try the extra green sencha- I'm curious about the taste of matcha....cherylopal wrote:Heard about this thread on the poll one a few days ago and yes i placed an order too! couldn't pass up the cherry sencha or the starter set- now i have a kyusu for work and travel.
this is a very tasty place but for my wallet very dangerous!!
and i am so interested in matcha!! that will have to wait til june- i can do it -i can do it....
Wait now I have two kyusus so I can change my answer to todays poll- I have a go-to pot now
cheryl 
Sakura sencha... ohhhhhhhhhhhhh ladies, break the seal already. I just brewed my first pot, and I am in love.
I have a thing for cherry anything... but I have always come up short on anything cherry in tea. Sometimes the artificial cherry is so strong it overwhelms any tea taste, and sometimes it just plain tastes like Vicks Formula 44 cough medicine.
But not this one.
The dry leaf is beautiful, dark, shiny, and aromatic... and not just of cherry, but a clear sencha aroma. The tea is a lovely pale bright green, the flavor is smooth and sweet, and the hint of cherry is not overpowering at all, but very complementary of the sencha.
I have never cared for flavored greens much at all until now. It's really nice.
And I got the shudei pot with the novice set, as well at the kokoro black-glazed kyusu, which I used to brew the sakura sencha.
http://www.denstea.com/index.php?main_p ... th=275_284
Overall, this was a most pleasing first order from Den's!
Sarah
I have a thing for cherry anything... but I have always come up short on anything cherry in tea. Sometimes the artificial cherry is so strong it overwhelms any tea taste, and sometimes it just plain tastes like Vicks Formula 44 cough medicine.
But not this one.
The dry leaf is beautiful, dark, shiny, and aromatic... and not just of cherry, but a clear sencha aroma. The tea is a lovely pale bright green, the flavor is smooth and sweet, and the hint of cherry is not overpowering at all, but very complementary of the sencha.
I have never cared for flavored greens much at all until now. It's really nice.
And I got the shudei pot with the novice set, as well at the kokoro black-glazed kyusu, which I used to brew the sakura sencha.
http://www.denstea.com/index.php?main_p ... th=275_284
Overall, this was a most pleasing first order from Den's!
Sarah
***This organic blend is earthy & spicy, with a fragrant aroma & smooth flavor to captivate the senses. Naturally sweetened in the Kentucky sunshine & infused with natural energy. Equally delicious when served piping hot or crisply chilled.***
Agreed. At first, I wasn’t even going to try it, certain that I’d just be brewing up a hot cup of green cough syrup. Curiosity eventually got to me, though, so I went ahead and ordered it. Any doubts I had began to dissipate when I first opened the bag and got that wonderful aroma from the leaves - fresh, tart, and very lightly sweet. Mmm...kymidwife wrote: I have a thing for cherry anything... but I have always come up short on anything cherry in tea. Sometimes the artificial cherry is so strong it overwhelms any tea taste, and sometimes it just plain tastes like Vicks Formula 44 cough medicine.
The resulting brew turned out to be even better, the combination of sencha and flavoring being so balanced that they seemed to belong together. (And this is coming from yet another person who usually prefers to keep green tea and added flavorings far apart from each other.) What’s more, that balance is maintained nicely through multiple infusions. I got 4 very good steeps out of the same leaves this afternoon, and might’ve been able to get another had I not been in a hurry. (I don't know what the average amount of infusions is for sencha, but I rarely get even that much mileage from any flavored tea.)
So, long story short, you can mark me down as another sakura sencha fan.
The seal is broken!! And you are so right!kymidwife wrote:Sakura sencha... ohhhhhhhhhhhhh ladies, break the seal already. I just brewed my first pot, and I am in love.
But not this one.
The dry leaf is beautiful, dark, shiny, and aromatic... and not just of cherry, but a clear sencha aroma. The tea is a lovely pale bright green, the flavor is smooth and sweet, and the hint of cherry is not overpowering at all, but very complementary of the sencha.
Overall, this was a most pleasing first order from Den's!
Sarah
Yum!!
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I've lost count of the number of infusions on this tea... tonight I am still brewing the same leaves from last night, and the flavor is still fabulous. Has to be at least 5 or 6 infusions so far. Mmmm.
Sarah
Sarah
***This organic blend is earthy & spicy, with a fragrant aroma & smooth flavor to captivate the senses. Naturally sweetened in the Kentucky sunshine & infused with natural energy. Equally delicious when served piping hot or crisply chilled.***