I didn’t recall that I had a couple of Kusmi green teas. I found them when I did the “inventory.” This is the first time I’ve tasted this one.
The brown roasty leaves smelled like fried rice in the tin. The tea has a ricey, roasty aroma that runs right up to nutty.
The liquor is clear and a light yellow with a coppery tinge.
It’s been a while since I had a hojicha that didn’t seem to taste like dust because it was past its prime, but this one, fortunately, kept well in its multiple layers of sealant (interior cellophane, tin, exterior cellophane). It’s tasty; less ricey than its aroma and nuttier, with a caramel note that is subtle but pleasant.
I’ll be sad when I’ve sipped down my Japanese teas. I’m still hesitant to eat sushi or buy any food products from Japan. No one is talking about the nuclear reactor anymore but the last I heard, it was still giving radiation off into the ocean. I haven’t googled it recently, though.
Flavors: Caramel, Nutty, Rice, Roasted
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Much as I hate to give up Japanese sencha, I worry about this too, especially since there’s been no word of an actual solution to the problem, and it appears that there’s little news coverage simply because no one knows what to do about it. Also, some of the actions of the Japanese government seem pretty shady, I know they raised the limit of what they considered “acceptable” radiation levels.
Yunomi is safe. They don’t sell products grown in affected areas. Or, well… At least, I trust them if they say that. They’re a reputable company.
I mean, if you drink tea from China, you might be consuming lead. It’s sort of a…pick your poison if you’re a regular tea drinker — and then don’t worry too much about it. Just enjoy the tea.
(And I say this as someone with a compromised immune system, stage III chronic kidney failure and a neuromuscular degenerative disaese affecting my mobility. I’m not a doctor, so I can’t give medical advice… But I’ve sort of taken an attitude that I don’t worry about something unless solid scientific research tells me I must.)
Yeah, I’ve had this discussion before about pesticides, etc. Of course, there are all kinds of things that could be in tea. I just have a phobia about radiation but not about those other things. :-)
Ah, understandable. I think my main phobia with tea is things I can see. So after hearing about someone finding a tooth pick in their shou, I’m sort of terrified of…rodent remains or something. Which wouldn’t hurt me. I just wouldn’t drink the tea. It’s just… Some things kind of ruin a thing forever for me, you know?
I don’t worry as much about pesticides, I think…probably because I’d rather drink chemicals than animal manure when it’s used on organic tea.
Are there this many possible concerns with coffee, I wonder?
Much as I hate to give up Japanese sencha, I worry about this too, especially since there’s been no word of an actual solution to the problem, and it appears that there’s little news coverage simply because no one knows what to do about it. Also, some of the actions of the Japanese government seem pretty shady, I know they raised the limit of what they considered “acceptable” radiation levels.
Yunomi is safe. They don’t sell products grown in affected areas. Or, well… At least, I trust them if they say that. They’re a reputable company.
I mean, if you drink tea from China, you might be consuming lead. It’s sort of a…pick your poison if you’re a regular tea drinker — and then don’t worry too much about it. Just enjoy the tea.
(And I say this as someone with a compromised immune system, stage III chronic kidney failure and a neuromuscular degenerative disaese affecting my mobility. I’m not a doctor, so I can’t give medical advice… But I’ve sort of taken an attitude that I don’t worry about something unless solid scientific research tells me I must.)
Yeah, I’ve had this discussion before about pesticides, etc. Of course, there are all kinds of things that could be in tea. I just have a phobia about radiation but not about those other things. :-)
Ah, understandable. I think my main phobia with tea is things I can see. So after hearing about someone finding a tooth pick in their shou, I’m sort of terrified of…rodent remains or something. Which wouldn’t hurt me. I just wouldn’t drink the tea. It’s just… Some things kind of ruin a thing forever for me, you know?
I don’t worry as much about pesticides, I think…probably because I’d rather drink chemicals than animal manure when it’s used on organic tea.
Are there this many possible concerns with coffee, I wonder?