Subtle and sweet to the taste
Just like when you sip matcha, sencha shares that subtle sweetness that isn't bitter but also not completely sweet! Color is lovely and this tea deserves all the hype it needs :)!!! Love it!!!
Sencha is the quintessential organic tea from Japan. Special blending and firing techniques are used to produce this organic green tea, resulting in a rich vegetal flavor and aroma reminding of dark greens such as steamed kale, with moderate bitterness and a slight nutty quality. As is customary with most Japanese teas, this organic sencha exhibits mixed grading, consisting of both small and larger leaf particles.
Ingredients: organic Japanese green tea
Kagoshima is a prefecture on the island of Kyushu, in Southern Japan which boasts a chain of active and inactive volcanoes that add to the soil content. Kagoshima is the second largest producer of green tea in Japan, and tea has been growing here since the 1300s. However, much of the world never experiences organic tea from Kagoshima because green tea is so popular in Japan that most tea grown in the country is consumed there; very little is exported. Within Japan, Kagoshima is the furthest distance from the Fukushima disaster. For those concerned with the implications of the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster, we continue to have our organic teas from Japan independently tested for radiation.
At Arbor Teas, we believe tea should be brewed to suit your personal taste. We’re happy to make recommendations to get you started, but don’t hesitate to experiment! When brewing your tea, your main considerations are tea quantity, water temperature, and steeping time. We recommend green and white teas to be steeped for 2 to 3 minutes in water heated to not-quite-boiling, just as bubbles begin to form on the bottom of the pan (approximately 170 to 180 degrees F). For the best flavor, use fresh water whenever possible. Try not to steep your tea longer than necessary, as you’ll extract undesirable bitterness from the leaves. If you want a stronger brew, don’t steep longer, just use more tea. And don’t forget to re-steep your tea leaves to get the most out of your leaf!
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"Sencha tastes so good and is a beautiful loose leaf tea. I love to stick my nose in my brewed cup and just inhale!"
"The rich vegetal and nutty flavors of this tea make it a natural for pairing with savory dishes."
"Compare this tea with our Chinese Emerald Spring Lung Ching to truly appreciate the flavor differences between Chinese and Japanese green tea."
Just like when you sip matcha, sencha shares that subtle sweetness that isn't bitter but also not completely sweet! Color is lovely and this tea deserves all the hype it needs :)!!! Love it!!!
While this hasn't been the very best of the green teas I've tried from Arbor Teas, as I fell in love with a sample of Xianzhi, this Sencha is truly lovely when brewed to my tastes. The savory notes are less strong and complex, and the body is lighter, but that's sometimes just what's needed: a delicious, easily-drinkable green tea that isn't overwhelming. As other reviewers have noted, any additional heat or steeping time does tend to result in extra bitterness, but a certain amount of that bitterness can complement the savory, vegetable flavors quite well. This tea has notes of bok choy, cabbage, or kelp upon its first steep, but subsequent or lighter steeps might reveal a note like apricot skin or the flesh of a peach that's nearest to the pit: somewhat bitter, but fruity and delicious. I don't find the caffeine content to be too high, but I do drink coffee and black tea, so my scale might differ.
This is my new favorite tea. It has a clean taste, and it helps me focus. In fact, this tea helps me focus better than any of the other green-tea that I have purchased from Arbor teas. It is expensive, but I can only drink one cup a day, or it affects my sleep. I will definitely re-purchase it again.
I ordered this awhile back, and I have been drinking 2-3 cups per day. This is a very good tea, and it delivers caffeine all day and helps me focus. I will definitely be buying this again. It feels stronger than the gunpowder green tea that I have bought in the past.
Sencha has a particular taste that you either like or don't. It's sweet, vegetal, and (if it's good) full of the "umami" flavor which characterizes Japanese green teas. I've loved gyokuro for a long time, but haven't had as much luck with sencha, and now I know why. You have to brew it at low temperature for short periods of time. I find that 160 degrees for a minute to 1:15 is ideal for this tea. Then it has a beautiful rich umami flavor with almost no bitterness. But if you brew it too hot or too long, beware: your tea will be unpleasantly bitter. Japanese tea doesn't mess around; you brew it right or you're sorry. But when you get it right, it's ambrosia in a cup.
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