2010 Yuuki cha Honyama Gyokuro Kin-un -
Heavy umami flavors with a hit of astringency on the finish. Pretty tasty.
Heavy umami flavors with a hit of astringency on the finish. Pretty tasty.
Gyokuro Imperial Reserve Green Tea today
http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/green-teas/p/gyokuro-imperial-green-tea
This tea was pushed on me when I visited the Teavana store, and was really expensive. Of course the salesperson overpoured into the bag and and I ended up spending like $25 for a little over 2oz's.
It is very good though, nice vibrant green color when brewed. Vegetaly taste, with a hint of butter. Not my favorite green, but a nice change from my typical chinese greens.
1 teaspoon, brewed with 175 degree filtered water for three seperate infusions of 30s, 45s, and 60s, in a small porcelain teapot.
^^ I agree, I won't step foot in a Teavana ever again if I can help it.
They took my mom for over $100. They had a "sample" that was obviously really good. A nice fruit blended tea, that had their german rock sugar in it and everything. When she said she would like some, they pushed her on a crappy teamaker, not even the perfect steeper one, but a crappy one "that could be used for iced tea as well" that was really expensive. And then when it came to the tea, it was a mixture of 4 of thier blends, including thier most expensive monkey picked oolong. And of course they only sell in 20z minimum purchases, so she had to buy a total of 8oz's of tea to make they same one that they had "samples" of, and if she didn't buy all 4, and the tea maker "it would't be as good as what she sampled".
And the whole time the saleslady was trying to push their cast iron teapots on us, obviously really expensive, and absolutely not what we needed.
I honestly felt taken advantage of, and robbed after leaving the store. I was embarrased that I even suggested to her that we go there.
Never again will I shop at Teavana, and I am pushing through my 2 Teavana teas quickly so that I do not have to be remonded of the experieince. I purchased some Dragon balls, and some gyrioku, and both were really good, but I will not purchase from them again.
ok now for some actuall green tea.
mmm matcha is great.
That's one of the best tea posts I ever saw on any site. And it's all right here on good old B&B. Nice!
misty forest matcha?Just enjoyed a bowl of matcha (Kiri No Mori from O-Cha). Great stuff.