Gently Stirred
Loose Leaf Tea
Japanese Matcha Genmai Cha Wazuka-Cho Kyoto
This
tea has come directly from Wazuka-Cho, among tea growing areas this one is
famous for its high-quality tea. It is a town in the Kyoto Prefecture.
This tea is a perfectly balanced combination of highest quality first harvest
Sencha Matcha powder and roasted and puffed brown rice. The Matcha powder coats
the Sencha leaves and rice of the Genmai Cha, adding a fresh and mellow taste,
it is full flavoured and smooth. It produces a light lime green colour similar
to a Gyokuro. The Genmai Cha used in this fantastic and traditional Japanese
blend is of the highest standard, and somehow produces a slightly sweet
spiciness. I steeped this tea for only two minutes for the first infusion and I
brewed it at 75OC. I repeated this for the second infusion, and it
was just as gorgeous, the scent is wonderful, full of the aroma of popped corn,
tasting mild with little or no astringency.