Sencha from Sayama, Musashi-kaori cultivar

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Fruity, Sweet, Thick, Vegetal
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
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Average preparation
Iced 8 min or more 6 g 16 oz / 473 ml

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  • “May 2022 harvest I prepared this at home a few times hot in a small pot and wasn’t thrilled with the deep vegetal flavor, though I’m sure others might be. So I relegated it to “Work Tea” which...” Read full tasting note

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Just north of Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture is known for its tea, which is called Sayama tea. A dynamic research centre is located there, and it has developed a number of very interesting varieties. Musashi-kaori is one of its cultivars.
Musashi kaori is extremely unusual. To begin with, the leaves on the bush are very long and slender, but it also has its ownRead more

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May 2022 harvest

I prepared this at home a few times hot in a small pot and wasn’t thrilled with the deep vegetal flavor, though I’m sure others might be. So I relegated it to “Work Tea” which means western steeping in either a ceramic or glass vessel. But I tired of the flavor quickly during the winter months as it wasn’t what I really craved. The bag made many trips to and from work in my backpack and as a result, probably 95% of the remaining leaf was crushed to fannings.

Cue a warmer spring than normal and I’ve found myself cold-brewing the fannings everyday for several weeks now. I’m down to my last serving and am happy to say this makes an excellent cold-brew despite being 2 years old at this point. It’s so flavorful and deeply vegetal, sweet, fruity and thick yet refreshing. Really hits the spot and glad I could put my backpack mistake to use!

I usually cold-brew Chinese greens with a light hand, the same 1g:100mL that I use for western steeping. This sencha does well with that ratio as well. Since I had plenty of leaf with which to experiment, I found my sweet spot is over double the leaf, about 6g to 450mL, and left to sit in the fridge overnight.

Flavors: Fruity, Sweet, Thick, Vegetal

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more 6 g 16 OZ / 473 ML

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