This episode, James brings on a tea purchased on his recent trip to Japan. The tea is from Tsuen, one of the oldest teahouses in the world established in the year 1160. Gyokuro is a shade-grown Japanese green tea. Brewed with a very high leaf to water ratio and a low temperature, this tea is very strong, potent and intense.
This Fujitsubo Gyokuro is also available on O-Cha.
This episode Denny and James bring a true rarity, a Japanese green tea. This tea is the Issaku, a Fukamushi Sencha, and has a lot of fresh, grassy tones.
In episode 54, Denny and James continue on green teas and review O-Cha’s Yame Gyokuro! A decent and reasonably priced gyokuro.
This month’s tea genre was Japanese greens, composing of Sencha and Gyokuro. This means I drink that genre of tea in some form at least once a day. This could mean gong-fu, grandpa, or even a cold-brew. I’ll still consume other teas, but the primary focus is understanding and building a palate for a specific type/genre/region of tea through repetition. This the most personal blogging type style of post for TeaDB, and the goal is to stretch my palate as well as give recommendations to interested parties.
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The second episode of Tea Basics! Episode 52 covers Green Teas, including a couple different Japanese and Chinese types. Featuring teas from Teavivre, New Century Tea Gallery, and two from O-Cha.
James & Denny complete their series of Japanese green teas with Episode 11 and another sencha. This time it’s from state-side based vendor Den’s Tea. They drink Den’s most premium Shincha (first harvest) offering the Hashiri Sencha.
James & Denny continue their series of Japanese green teas with Episode 10 and an offering from long-time vendor of Japanese greens, O-Cha. In this episode they drink O-Cha’s lovely Shincha Chiran Sencha.
In episode 9, James & Denny start a new series on Japanese green tea with a fresh, highly energizing Matcha from Ryu Mei.