I got this yesterday at Samovar with lunch, if you want to read about my experience, I did a blog post about it over here:
http://sanfrantea.teatra.de/2012/05/06/samovar-and-hayes-valley/
This is a truly beautiful green tea, very vivid in color and well balanced in terms of umami. It had a definite seaweedy note, with a bit of grassiness, sweetness and some bitterness in the finish. I already had a lot of tea before I drank it, the bitterness made me a tad bit nauseated, unfortunately but I do have a sensitive stomach. Not sure if that was due to this tea in particular or a tea overdose of sorts…
I’m not sure exactly how this was prepared so I’m leaving the steeping parameters off. It was a delicious tea and a lovely experience.
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Next time I visit my son he’s taking me to Samovar! Did you poor hot water into the Russian tea? I know they let the pot sit all day and the lower one with the water was used to dilute the strong tea and make it drinkable
That is one fine lookin’ tea, I must say…….
@Bonnie, they did not tell us we were supposed to do that! Samovar is fun and the people are nice there.
Next time I visit my son he’s taking me to Samovar! Did you poor hot water into the Russian tea? I know they let the pot sit all day and the lower one with the water was used to dilute the strong tea and make it drinkable
That is one fine lookin’ tea, I must say…….
@Bonnie, they did not tell us we were supposed to do that! Samovar is fun and the people are nice there.