First flush 2010
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From Mauna Kea Tea comes this 2010 first flush oolong tea, a Hawaiian-grown, organic tea. This oolong reminds me of a cross between a bai hao oolong and a traditional green-style ti kuan yin, like Chicago Tea Garden’s competition-grade ti kuan yin. It has a markedly faint dry aroma which blossoms with plum-like notes upon infusion.
Shincha 2010: Organic Sencha “Warashima Supreme” from O-Cha
O-Cha’s Organic Sencha “Warashima Supreme” is a light-steamed shincha with a seductive aroma of white chocolate and berries and slender leaves resembling broken pine leaves. This sencha comes from Shizuoka and steeps into a mellow, light green cup, whose most dominant flavour is that of steamed spinach, accented by a hint of pepper and a slight sweetness.
Shincha 2010: Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori
Open up your packet of Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori, draw in deeply, and you’ll be hit with the heavenly aroma of extraordinary tea: forest freshness, met by the syrupy sweetness of blackcurrant and the tartier overtones of tropical fruits. You only get this kind of rich aroma when the tea is this fresh ? and this good.
Shincha 2010 is here
Shincha 2010 is now shipping!
Bec and I received our pair of shinchas from O-Cha on Thursday: a 100 gram packet of Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori, and a 50 gram packet of Organic Asamushi Sencha.
I’ll have some reviews for you soon, but just wanted to post a quick note for those of you who haven’t ordered your fresh batch of shincha yet. Shincha is the freshest tea around at the moment, and the good stuff never lasts that long. Head over to O-Cha (my favourite supplier of Japanese green teas) and view their selection of shinchas now.
2010 First Flush Hawaiian Green Tea from Mauna Kea Tea
In Hawaii, 2010′s first tea harvest has come. The kind folks from Mauna Kea Tea, a small family-owned and operated tea company in Hawaii, sent me a sampling of this year’s first flush teas, as well as their sweet roast green tea. Today’s tea is their first flush green tea.
Right off the bat, I should note one thing: this tea doesn’t come cheap. At $20 for a 15-gram bag, each cup is costing a few dollars (depending on how many steepings you can get out of your leaves). But there are a few good reasons for this: the tea is organic; the cost of labour in Hawaii is higher than in India or China; and the tea is in short supply. This is the kind of tea you buy out of curiosity, to see what Hawaiian tea tastes like.