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Organic Japanese Sencha - Organic
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Commercial Description:
Our Organic Japanese Sencha is brisk and refreshing with a grassy-floral blend of flavors cleaning the palate.
Brewing Instructions: (from Two Leaves and A Bud)
One can brew 2.5g in an 8oz mug for anywhere between 1-4 minutes. Use a lower water temp (165°-185°) and a shorter steep time you can get several infusions.
Ratings & Reviews:
| This review by Alex Zorach (623 reviews) on Oct. 18th, 2010 |
| Total: 47/100 : Aroma: 3/10, Flavor: 4/5, Value: 2/5, Overall: 5/10 |
 This tea was interesting; I brewed it for 3 minutes at 180 degrees. I found it was only good for a single infusion, which is why I settled on 3 minutes. Longer steeping made it too bitter and strong for me, and many people may like a shorter infusion.Two Leaves and a Bud describes this as "brisk", and I think this is an apt choice of words. The rest of the description I did not find fit as well. This is significantly less grassy than most green teas, and I also found it to not be particularly floral either, nor would I describe it as earthy, sweet, smooth, or rich...all words the company uses on their website. Rather, I found this tea to be bold, with a substantial kick...dark, deep, a bit sharp. Overall, though, the aroma was disappointing; the aroma was too weak for me, and it lacked the seaweedy and grassy qualities of sencha that I like. I think this is a "green tea for people who don't like green teas". The overall quality is much darker...it brews a deep golden color, almost tending towards brown. One last question is about the price; I found this for sale in a supermarket, where it was priced reasonably (100 grams for $7), but the website shows an exorbitant price of 3 oz. for almost $24. What could explain this discrepancy? At the low price this is a decent buy but at the high price this is absolute price gouging...this tea is not exciting enough to warrant such an astronomical price, and honestly? I think there are better green teas that are substantially cheaper than the lower of the two prices I have seen. As one final note, I found the packaging for this tea to be poor. It was packaged in a cardboard cylinder, with a thin foil bag inside it. The bag ripped in spite of careful opening, and was rendered unusable...but the container was not airtight, requiring me to transfer the tea immediately. A lot of companies have packaging that is more sustainable (like fully compostable) and yet higher quality and more practical, from my experience, so that was a bit of a disappointment too. |
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