Eden

well… let’s say although this tea really reminds me of good uji matcha, it also reminds me of very bad and low quality green tea.
that mixed together in fannings and dust and you get eden organic sencha.
it’s cheap and i really can’t recommend buying this.
not much of a chi here and a rather unpleasant feeling in my head towards headaches with 2 steeps of 75 °C and 20seconds.
it might have some good quality leaves in there, but it can’t keep up the mixture when there is low quality dust in there too that makes the tea rather brown than green and throws out a lot of tannins early.
but hey.. according to the company’s website it’s gluten and wheat free. wow!

Lovely! just had this again with breakfast…a piece of whole wheat toast with butter. The combination of Hojicha and toast is just savory!! to me, the flavor profile has become increasingly clear…definitely a light, slightly burnt popcorn note (not burnt perhaps, but maybe roasted.. can u roast popcorn??)

this tea is truly delicious.

truth be told, i was so hungry (and excited about the resultant flavor combination), i scarfed down the toast before the tea was ready & thus, defeated the purpose of this pairing. i think i managed to get 1 or 2 bites of toast in along with the tea (tho it was too hot..) next time i’ll simply have to exercise restraint, and resist the urge to put the toaster on before the kettle.

#firstworldproblems #hyacinthbucket #bloviating

aroma: yummy nutty, toasted brown rice….genmaicha has nothing on this!!

liquor: lovely clear golden brown, decadent

a roasted green tea that is redolent of puffed brown rice or even burnt rice krispies, so yummy!! what a fun green flavor profile, this is perfect. i’ve been meaning to try this for the longest time on account of its description, plus i always wondered what Hojicha tasted like anyway. well now i know!

i’m starting to think i’m a fan of Japanese greens, more so than Chinese ones, but we shall see. i still have a million teas to try before reaching any sort of substantial conclusion.

if you want to get the sensation of brown rice kernels popping by a fireplace, this is your tea. this also has a dried-grass, slightly bitter green tea taste lingering in the back, which is perfect for the toasted quality. i picture something like cracked wheat, popcorn or as mentioned before, puffed rice.

hellz to the yeah!! i also love Genmaicha & really wanted to acquire more of it since it has the green tea/brown rice flavor combination, but Hojicha does just fine! a very nice price given that it’s organic, too..

this will be another one of my go-to greens, if not the go-to green.

Unlike any tea I’ve had before, one of my favorites. It tastes slightly roasted – a little dark but pure and clean. Like you’re drinking a piece of wood that has not been burnt, but delicately browned over hot coals. I’m not really doing the experience of drinking this tea justice. You really must try it to know, and I highly suggest that you do, especially if you have a lot of boring herbal zingers and coconut oolong teas in your arsenal. This one is totally out of the box. It feels healthy and grounding and down-to-business. Down-to-earth. 1 bag in 1 cup boiling water with 1 packet NuStevia. You can steep it forever – it doesn’t get bitter.

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: Bright, nutty
After water is first poured: Warm, bright, nutty, faint grass
At end of steep: sweet, buttery, nutty
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: light mossy green
Staple? Type yes, prefer loose, will look into if brand carries this type in loose leaf.
Time of day preferred: Any, daily go– to tea.
Taste:
first notes: creamy, nutty, buttery, roasty with minor hint of grassyness
As it cools? Notes mellow out slightly, tea stays roasty and buttery, sweetens (eastern) a bit
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, notes blend slightly, but all linger with character.

Greenish straw yellow in color. The aroma is a faint roasted brown rice. The first taste has the brown rice up front, mild, and a faint tea taste (but not bitter or green), or the tea and rice taste are hard to separate. There is a faint bitter, roasty aftertaste. There is not much here to taste, but nothing to object to, either.

I tried a 5 minute steep at 175F which did not result in a change or increase in the flavors.

I think this is a pleasant caffeine delivery tea without much to set it apart (or to complain about) Mild.

Forgot to log this a few days ago…it was chai like and in a bag and not bad actually I liked it just fine. More coming soon…

Thank you LiberTeas for including this in my HoppiTea package!

The bag smells very strongly of star anise. Although it is very strong and I don’t usually like star anise, I am finding this actually quite pleasant. Maybe a little allspice in there also?

Preparing this using stovetop method, as I usually get the best results from chais this way. So, after steeping, I can smell less of the star anise and more of the other spices (cinnamon etc), but I can also smell the tea and chicory is coming through well also.

This is a nice spiced tea, the spices are not very strong but it has an all-round pleasant flavour.

backlogging from the other day…check out my previous notes

The sencha tastes more like a cucumber type tasting green than a buttery or grassier green tea taste…if that makes sense. The mint is great! I can taste the spearmint a bit more than the peppermint. As I am a mint freak – I do like this tea!

When I opened the package, I could immediately smell the Star Anise… YUM!

This has a pleasant chai flavor. The chicory gives it a nice depth. I love the flavor that the roasted Hojicha and chicory bring to the chai spices. Not overly spicy, just a pleasant spiced tea.

This is very nice! Usually, when I have a mint green tea, it is made with a gunpowder green. I’m finding it very agreeable with Sencha! I like the gunpowder too, but, this is certainly a nice change of pace.

Smooth and light-bodied and crisp and delicious! A very nice tea, even more surprising that it’s a bagged tea! Very nice indeed!

FINALLY A JAPANESE TEA I LIKE!!! It doesn’t bother me that it is considered the poor man’s tea.

This tea is nutty smooth and creamy. Awesome!!! It would probably be pretty good cold.
I believe it is low on caffeine because I drank a cup last night with the intent to stay awake a little longer. I was asleep after the last sip.

Yay! All moved into my new apartment! Just a few boxes of books and the washer to move. Afternoon koicha is permissable. =)
Today’s matcha came out with more seaweed than chocolate than usual. I’m fairly certan the water was a little cooler than usual. I’ll have to remember to keep the temperature up if I want a bowl of cocoa crisps for breakfast.