One of my oldest 52Teas blends, from 2017 and still sealed. This weekend is a bit cooler before the heat will crank back up again (you really have to strong arm summers to quit here, which is a shame, since autumn weather is my favorite!) and somehow a warm, fruity genmaicha just felt right this afternoon.
I have never had a mulberry (that I can recall) but considering what a fiend I am for berries in general, I’m sure I’d love them, and their aroma in the package was very sweet and pleasant. I dumped all the contents out into my tea weighing dish just to make sure I got a good teaspoon mix of leaf and fruit before steeping. The mulberry aroma isn’t nearly as present in the steeped cup as it was in the dry leaf, but I do smell it, competing against the strong, toasty aroma of the genmai. Mmm. I haven’t had a genmaicha in a long time, and it’s one of my favorite comfort teas…
Oh! The berries have just a bit of tang/sharpness to them, which I really love. There is also a more subtle berry sweetness and a touch of creaminess that I assume is from the marshmallow root. The base is warm and grassy with a lot of genmai toastiness; I’d say that the toasted rice fills out in the mouth and then a sharp berry tang flavor settles over the tongue afterwards and continues to linger after the sip.
It’s really tasty! I’m debating if I finish my sipdown over the weekend on these satisfying warm cups, or use the rest of the leaf to do a cold brew to drink once the temperature turns again, since I really like fruity greens iced as well. Decisions, decisions…
Flavors: Berry, Cream, Fruity, Grass, Nutty, Sweet, Tangy, Toasted Rice
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Mmm, that sounds like one I’d like a lot. Thankfully we’re out of heatwaves for a little while here. Also the fire here is 98% contained.
Our fire isn’t contained at all… it went from 42,000 acres to 97,000 acres in the course of 24 hours. Gotta love those Idaho winds…
Mmm, that sounds like one I’d like a lot. Thankfully we’re out of heatwaves for a little while here. Also the fire here is 98% contained.
Our fire isn’t contained at all… it went from 42,000 acres to 97,000 acres in the course of 24 hours. Gotta love those Idaho winds…