This tea smells very wooden and sweet with a hint of chestnut.
First Steep – 45 seconds
A mild yet very sweet steep with a dry, nutty after taste. No astringency. Also reminds me of lightly toasted wood.
Second Steep – 1 min 25 secs
Still light and sweet but with some spice towards the after taste. Also subtly sour and astringent.
Third Steep – 2 mins
Very sweet and still reminding me of chestnut. Very light and wooden but not much flavour left overall.
So far it’s too early to judge this tea, I think I may have not used enough leaf so I will have another try another day and see how it comes out. It is also possible that it’s just a very light black tea.
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Ah this tea is one of the better japanese blacks.
It has rather large leaf so needs a bit longer infusions.
It is somewhat light in flavour compared to other blacks like hime fuki. I found that ca 3g/100ml water with 1/1:30/2+ minutes infusions gave a nice result.
Ah but i also used a porous clay pot that enhance the body noticably. I would think that in a porcelain or glas pot you would have to increse leaf and/or steeptime.
Thank you for the info :) I will try the longer infusion next time. It’s always hard to gage the first time you steep a tea without instructions. I used my Futanashi Tokoname teapot I got from Yuuki Cha.
Never tried tokoname clay. However the pots are often very beutiful!
Wow, those teapots are gorgeous!
I get most of my pots from here. http://hojotea.com/item_e/available.htm
Those teapots are beautiful :)
I found this one yesterday and have enquired about it’s price. They have some nice teaware on their website.
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/ki-68.htm
Ah this tea is one of the better japanese blacks.
It has rather large leaf so needs a bit longer infusions.
It is somewhat light in flavour compared to other blacks like hime fuki. I found that ca 3g/100ml water with 1/1:30/2+ minutes infusions gave a nice result.
Ah but i also used a porous clay pot that enhance the body noticably. I would think that in a porcelain or glas pot you would have to increse leaf and/or steeptime.
Thank you for the info :) I will try the longer infusion next time. It’s always hard to gage the first time you steep a tea without instructions. I used my Futanashi Tokoname teapot I got from Yuuki Cha.
Never tried tokoname clay. However the pots are often very beutiful!
Wow, those teapots are gorgeous!
I get most of my pots from here. http://hojotea.com/item_e/available.htm
Those teapots are beautiful :)
I found this one yesterday and have enquired about it’s price. They have some nice teaware on their website.
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/ki-68.htm