Tea: Sencha Fuka-midoriVendor: Den's Tea
Location: Shizuoka, Japan
Price: $6.50 / 2oz.
Vendor Description: Sencha Fuka-midori is produced with an equilibrium of natural sweetness and refreshing bitterness. This is complimented by a slight roasted aroma.
This the leaf for this tea is smaller than most senchas that I try. It may partly be due to being a sample pack, but the tea had a lot of small particles and dust. This is partly the cause of the large amount of dregs in the photo.
This tea is very full bodied and bold. It has a very present vegetal taste at the onset followed by a very strong bite. It leaves me with a moderate to strong level of astringency leaving me with a fairly dry mouth.
The flavor does not seem to be particularly outstanding in any way although there is nothing bad about it. It seems very average.
Rating: 7/10
Conclusion: While I don't really have any faults with this tea, there is nothing particularly outstanding about it. If you want a bold sencha this is a good choice. I don't think I could drink this one on a regular basis due to the astringency.
Sheeeet, factor in the price and this one has the best value on the net.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the price being that spectacular though. It's $6.50/2oz. Nara Tsukigase from Lupicia is $5.00/50g. I personally think the Nara is a better tea and at a cheaper price. If you haven't tried it yet I highly suggest it.
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