This is the last of the three sakura teas I got in Japan! I was intrigued by this one because it was described as having sugared cherry blossoms. I did notice a tiny amount of some sort of sugary lumps in there, but it’s minimal. The sencha is bright and crisp in this, but not puckering. The sakura is a little more subtle than one of the other two sakura teas, but it’s really nice. It has the lightest bit of that grassy pucker in parts of the sip and my mouth is left feeling dry after sips. I had a cup of this yesterday and was enjoying the three steepings more than I am now. Not sure if I steeped it different or if I’m just having an off day.
I will say… the packaging on this is gorgeous. The bag has sakura leaves printed on it and has strands of fiber running through the paper.
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Definitely one of my favorite sakura sencha!
Where did you come across it? Did you order from Yunomi or is there somewhere domestically that carries it? I do wish I had caved and bought a few more sakura teas for comparison. Fauchon, Lupicia and Mariage Freres had some as well as several other Japanese companies.
I got it from Yunomi. I find Lupicia’s sakura teas to be fairly good as well.
I’m so bummed I didn’t see any of Lupicia’s sakura teas while I was in their stores!
I bet they probably had them earlier in the Japanese stores, since the US website always gets things a bit late.
You are probably right. We totally missed cherry blossom season by a week or two. We got to try a lot of cherry blossom foods, but I feel like places were winding the flavor down already. I’m seeing $15 shipping from Lupicia’s Hawaii store. Ouch.
Dustin: the shipping is never as high as they predict for me. Just last night I got a $6 refund to my account. They estimate high and then very, very quickly I get some of it back.
I think it is pretty consistently a $6 refund. I am on the east coast.
Same as ashmanra, for it usually comes out to about $9 or so. They refund the difference when they actually ship it.
Okay… y’all just convinced me. I ordered! I added a bag of decaf Sakurambo too! :D
Yaaaaaaaay! I hope you love it! The rosemary in Sakurambo is really nice.
Yay for enabling, LOL! :P
Right?! LOL!
Definitely one of my favorite sakura sencha!
Where did you come across it? Did you order from Yunomi or is there somewhere domestically that carries it? I do wish I had caved and bought a few more sakura teas for comparison. Fauchon, Lupicia and Mariage Freres had some as well as several other Japanese companies.
I got it from Yunomi. I find Lupicia’s sakura teas to be fairly good as well.
I’m so bummed I didn’t see any of Lupicia’s sakura teas while I was in their stores!
I bet they probably had them earlier in the Japanese stores, since the US website always gets things a bit late.
You are probably right. We totally missed cherry blossom season by a week or two. We got to try a lot of cherry blossom foods, but I feel like places were winding the flavor down already. I’m seeing $15 shipping from Lupicia’s Hawaii store. Ouch.
Dustin: the shipping is never as high as they predict for me. Just last night I got a $6 refund to my account. They estimate high and then very, very quickly I get some of it back.
I think it is pretty consistently a $6 refund. I am on the east coast.
Same as ashmanra, for it usually comes out to about $9 or so. They refund the difference when they actually ship it.
Okay… y’all just convinced me. I ordered! I added a bag of decaf Sakurambo too! :D
Yaaaaaaaay! I hope you love it! The rosemary in Sakurambo is really nice.
Yay for enabling, LOL! :P
Right?! LOL!