44 Tasting Notes
Spring is here, let drink sencha, this one feel watery and juicy in the mouth. Bought from World of Tea in Ottawa, this one is better for me than the sencha Yakushima since it is less grassy. It kick off with a sweet nutty flavour that end with vegetal and grassy notes. This tea has a good balance between the sourness, sweetness and grassiness. This is the only two sencha that I tasted so far, so I can’t compare much with the other ones. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life
Flavors: Bitter, Chestnut, Cut grass, Green, Nutty, Pleasantly Sour, Sweet, Vegetal
Preparation
Medium bodied with a little bit of dryness. Light notes of smoke damp earth and subtle bitterness. As it cool down and brew more cup, malt flavour appear with some sweetness. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life
Flavors: Bitter, Earth, Malt, Smoke, Sweet
Preparation
Smokey, Earthy, a little bit vegetal and smell like melon with some dryness. The smokey taste are not too much overwhelming, as you brew hotter the smokiness increase. I recommend to brew 250 ml of water around 200F (92.5°C) and steep the leaves for 1 min. 40 Sec and at 195F for 1 min. 30 sec. if you don’t want the smokiness. Add 25 sec. for subsequent brew. At time you can taste a little bit of honey with slightly bitterness. There is an aftertaste that I like but I cannot identify. As it get colder you can taste the minerals. Medium finish with a good balance, sweetness increase as you brew additional cup. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life
Flavors: Earth, Honey, Mineral, Smoke, Sweet, Vegetal
Preparation
This is a mandarin pu’erh tea bought in canada, Ontario, Ottawa at the rideau center, it is very sweet, mellow, malty with subtle tangy citrus mandarin notes and a bit of dryness. Usually it is a mandarin fill with pu’erh tea. However, this one is mix with either mandarin chunk or maybe they flavouring it with mandarin. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life
Flavors: Almond, Citrus, Malt, Metallic, Mineral, Sweet
