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This is my sort of green tea! Gahhhh!! The smell is so juicily vegetal like Treasuregreen’s Emerald (Silver). I nearly died when I smelled the wet leaf post-infusion, because I definitely wasn’t expecting this, and it’s going to be a wonderful treat (I expect).
Ahhhhhhh, heavenly. I can’t pick out the flavours very well, it’s just so, so good. I think I could drink this sort of tea all the time and not get bored or sick of it. It’s refreshing and cleansing with a lovely aftertaste, but unlike the green oolongs that I like, it’s not quite so…. rich. I don’t know how to describe it. Looooove it.
I’ll have to see how this holds up to multiple infusions, and try it with shorter ones to see if I can get different flavours (e.g. Emerald (Silver) had a sweet, honey-like first infusion that was incredible and I didn’t know about until I tried 25-30s infusions!)
I’m finding it rather amusing that here I am, drinking caffeinated tea to the point of my stomach screaming ‘NO MORE!’, and I’m literally almost asleep typing this. Caffeine and I have an odd relationship.
(What’s the worst part? Knowing that even if I fall asleep right now, I am guaranteed to be up again in half an hour, then again a half hour later, and probably a third time before morning, because I have just consumed a silly amount of tea. Siiiigh.)
ETA: Second infusion, 20 sec at 185. Pretty tasty. Not that in-your-face vegetal taste anymore (it’s a little muted), but still lovely. I might infuse a little longer the next time to bring out a bit more. No astringency whatsoever though.
Third infusion, 45s at 185. Ok, getting an off-flavour here. A staleness, almost? Actually, it tastes kind of plasticky. Like how water tastes when it’s been sitting in a plastic waterbottle in the sun in your car for a day or two. Still no astringency or bitterness, but I’m not fond of this weird flavour. No ratings decrease, because they only recommend two infusions, and both were quite good. Perhaps I should have stuck with 15 seconds for this one. Maybe I’ll try that next time. There are still hints of tasty flavour, but they are overshadowed by plastic flavour.
Side note: I love that with their tasting kit, Den’s gives you a guide to the specific parameters for each individual tea. Unlike some companies who have just given general guidelines, I love how exact they are. No guesswork. Makes me confident about trying their teas without ruining them the first time!
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LOL Kristaleyn you are too funny :P
btw I can’t recall the name of that Tsaa tea either! I think it had Butterfly in it…
Hahaha, I hear you on that one Krystaleyn!
K-That’s one reason I love Senchas! I can’t get bored or sick of a good Sencha. :))
Hahaha, I definitely fell asleep probably within minutes of posting this. :P
@Indigobloom – yeah, that’s all I could remember too. And then I was second guessing myself and wondering if it was dragonfly, hahaha.
@Scott – I definitely had a different impression of senchas, for some reason, and was not expecting this flavour from it (the other tea I like, I have no idea what type it is as they don’t specify). But yes, it’s not a flavour I’ll get sick of! (Good thing, since I have 100g of a similarly flavoured tea sitting in my fridge :D)
LOL Kristaleyn you are too funny :P
btw I can’t recall the name of that Tsaa tea either! I think it had Butterfly in it…
Hahaha, I hear you on that one Krystaleyn!
K-That’s one reason I love Senchas! I can’t get bored or sick of a good Sencha. :))
Hahaha, I definitely fell asleep probably within minutes of posting this. :P
@Indigobloom – yeah, that’s all I could remember too. And then I was second guessing myself and wondering if it was dragonfly, hahaha.
@Scott – I definitely had a different impression of senchas, for some reason, and was not expecting this flavour from it (the other tea I like, I have no idea what type it is as they don’t specify). But yes, it’s not a flavour I’ll get sick of! (Good thing, since I have 100g of a similarly flavoured tea sitting in my fridge :D)