i made my first japanese green tea order from japan, i chose yuuki cha and exactly this two teas
organic uji gyokuro gokou
and
organic shizuoka sencha tenryu misakubo
i made good choice? what i have to expect from this teas?
and what is the difference from light steamed sencha and deep steamed?
thx very much
My first order of Japanese greens, what i have to expect?
Last edited by Chip on Dec 3rd, '10, 07:59, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: My first order of Japanese greens, what i have to expect?
I enjoyed the Gokou very much but only brewed it gyokuro style 4-5 times.
The rest of the time I treated it like a kabusencha and followed closer to those parameters. Very rich and brothy stuff, earthy and seaweedy but thankfully not too seaweedy for my taste. Durability for this stuff is very high.
Haven't had the tenryu misakubo but don't doubt it will be very good. Debunix did a nice review of a few asamushi (light steamed) from yuuki, just type in tenryu misakubo in the search and you should be able to find it very fast.
Light steamed often has more intact leaves, a lighter brew colour, uses slightly longer infusion times, has more a refined delicateness to it, while fukamushi(deep steamed) is often more 'in your face' with deep flavours. Both are great to me. The fukamushi from yuuki is not like a lot of other fuka from good non organic vendors. See thread about asa vs fuka and other thread fuka organic vs fuka in the green tea section of teachat.
Enjoy!
The rest of the time I treated it like a kabusencha and followed closer to those parameters. Very rich and brothy stuff, earthy and seaweedy but thankfully not too seaweedy for my taste. Durability for this stuff is very high.
Haven't had the tenryu misakubo but don't doubt it will be very good. Debunix did a nice review of a few asamushi (light steamed) from yuuki, just type in tenryu misakubo in the search and you should be able to find it very fast.
Light steamed often has more intact leaves, a lighter brew colour, uses slightly longer infusion times, has more a refined delicateness to it, while fukamushi(deep steamed) is often more 'in your face' with deep flavours. Both are great to me. The fukamushi from yuuki is not like a lot of other fuka from good non organic vendors. See thread about asa vs fuka and other thread fuka organic vs fuka in the green tea section of teachat.
Enjoy!