I have only had a few Gyokuros so I am not sure where this one fits in. It is a fairly tasty tea. It has a strong taste of umami with a sweet note in the background. It is almost as good as the Gyokuro I reviewed about a week ago that was more than twice the price. I guess Gyokuro is a type of tea I am still learning to like.
I steeped this three times in a 360ml Kyusu Teapot with 160 degree water and 8.2g leaf. I steeped it for 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 min.
Flavors: Sweet, Umami
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I had a hard time warming up to gyokuros as well, there is a big difference in quality from one vendor to another, and the brewing parameters are very precise as I have had a bitter mouth a few times more than I care to admit to. Now that found the one I like, its much easier to stick with that one than trying to reinvent a better experience.
I hear you. I love the beautiful vegetal taste of a good gyokuro but it’s soooo finicky :/
Very interesting you had different brewing parameters than I did. Did the tea get clogged up in the kyusu? This gyokuro likes to clog up everything!
I had a hard time warming up to gyokuros as well, there is a big difference in quality from one vendor to another, and the brewing parameters are very precise as I have had a bitter mouth a few times more than I care to admit to. Now that found the one I like, its much easier to stick with that one than trying to reinvent a better experience.
I hear you. I love the beautiful vegetal taste of a good gyokuro but it’s soooo finicky :/
Very interesting you had different brewing parameters than I did. Did the tea get clogged up in the kyusu? This gyokuro likes to clog up everything!