At least when comparing the one I had about a year ago to the one you have now. Sounds about like the same thing.
It did taste a little like kabusencha to me as well. A slight milkiness, leaf was darker, tasted slightly shade grown but then also tasted slightly bancha
Leaves lacked a certain freshness to them, and the reason why I said banchaish was because the leaf looked older and courser.
I still enjoyed its earthy kind of taste, but would rather get something else.
Finished up O-cha's Hatsumi, Den's Yame, and Maiko's Maruyama. They lost a bit of luster during these last few months but were still quite good, especially the Maruyama.
