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“All ass, all the time. Straight from the horse’s butt. This special style of tea is the clearest example of active fermentation funk I’ve ever experienced. Still have enough left from...” Read full tasting note
A truly unique tea that is rarely found within Japan, let alone outside. It possesses an incredible aroma and an equally unusual and lingering sour taste with elements of lemon, mushroom and soya sauce.
The tea has an equally unique method of processing to go match its unique taste; it is double fermented with bancha leaves steamed, stacked, mat flattened, left to ferment on the ground and finally stacked within a barrel to undergo a second fermentation.
Tasting Notes:
- Completely unique aroma
- Lingering sour taste with elements of lemon, mushroom and soya sauce.
Production: July-August 2021
Origin: Otoyo town, Kochi prefecture, Shikoku island, Japan
Sourced: Specialist Japanese tea wholesaler
Brewing Advice:
- Heat water to roughly 95°C/203°F
- Use 1 piece per cup/small teapot
- Brew for 4-5 minutes
Packaging: Resealable aluminium ziplock bag
Company description not available.
All ass, all the time. Straight from the horse’s butt.
This special style of tea is the clearest example of active fermentation funk I’ve ever experienced.
Still have enough left from beerandbeancurd to sample again and give a more appropriate review if I feel up to it.
See:
https://steepster.com/teas/what-cha/69369-2015-bancha-goishicha-dark-tea
https://steepster.com/teas/yunomi/51643-furyu-bancha-goishicha
Flavors: Barnyard, Beer, Cheese, Lemon, Mineral, Red Wine, Sour, Soy Sauce
(Snorting like said horse) Things only tea people get…
I really need to dive back into this ass at some point… red wine seems generous, but a girl can hope.
Yeh, gmathis. I’m in the camp of unfiltered impressions when they arise.
beearandbeancurd: Red wine is more of an impression than a taste. Have you ever had Nebbiolo? Something in this is reminiscent of a soft, light vintage.
Ah, yeah, I can see where you’re coming from there.
I once had a tea called “Awa Bancha” from Furyu c/o Yunomi that was also ass. It tasted like pickle juice, if pickle juice were bad (note I like actual pickle juice). I read another review for it that compared it to “embalming fluid” and then that was all I could think when I smelled it.
Embalming fluid, hork!
I wonder if someone somewhere enjoys this, or if they’re making it and we’re buying it just so we can all have a good laugh at ourselves. Fair enough, I say… fair enough.