From the rare tea class on the last day of the Master class. If you are ever able to take part in this I highly recommend it. I want to go again.
Ah. Goishicha. If you think dark tea, heicha, pu er, is weird. You are about to experience a whole new level of mind-blown. This was my second time having the honor of tasting this tea. The first was through the Global Japanese Tea Marathon. Let me tell you. Nothing will quite prepare you for tasting this one. Or Ishizuchi Kurocha for that matter. I won’t down play that lightly because it is not your typical dark tea category experience. rofl. Actually, would be an interesting prank tea. Maybe Anyway, the entire room will be quite musty after brewing this. And will remain that way for a bit. Good luck to you.
Ah, but then you must taste it too. You are first greeted with a square. A square of dark, glossy tea leaves. This shape will remain after steeping unless you play with it. Though after infusing it will be slimy looking with pickle and very slight light aroma. The mouth feel is smooth. But you won’t be able to concentrate on the feel because the flavor will be insulating your senses. Pickle. Pickling. Fermented leaves pickle. It’s unique and I’m not selling it well but go try it anyway. This tea is an art.
Wow, sounds very interesting!