Tea: Gyokuro Seiran No Homare 8001Vendor: Lupicia USA
Price: $15.00/50g
Source: Japan
Vendor Description: Created by blending aromatic Yabukita brand tea from Shizuoka with "Komakage", a special Uji tea variety. This graceful tea has a deep rich flavor and distinctive freshness.
This is a blend gyokuro, and it is very interesting because the two major teas creating the blend are from Shizuoka and Uji. If the two shinchas that I tried earlier are any indication of this, this was leading up to be a very interesting tea.
My initial thought while making this tea was that it had a very grassy scent to it. It wasn't as grassy as the Yame Gyokuro though.
The tea had a very strong bitterness at the start which was followed by a grassy taste. The grassy taste matched the scent. It was also followed up with a lack of astringency.
After I had brewed this tea though, that I had brewed it at too high of a temperature. If I had more of it to try I would try brewing at an even lower temperature, although I only had a small sample and was not able to make another batch.
Rating: 5/10
Conclusion: While I had some interesting hopes for this tea, it proved to be unimpressive. This is though quite likely that I botched this tea, so if I get a chance to try this again I will probably review this tea again.
2 comments:
I'm drinking some of this right now. I brewed it at the correct temperature, but I still agree with your review. Very grassy, but not terribly impressive.
I am not quite sure I agree with your flavor profile. The couple of times I have sipped this gyokuro, I found deep buttery notes that were more reminiscent of an artichoke rather than grass. I suppose to each pallet their own.
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