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Shin-cha Select - 2010 edition from Maeda-en

Doulton drank Shin-cha Select - 2010 edition by Maeda-en

What an utterly delicious green tea. It’s brilliant green leaves have a fresh and vegetal aroma. The brewed tea (2 mins) is sensational: one of the best—if not the best—green I have had. It does have a very buttery vegetable taste with both elements of natural sweetness and a tinge of a bitterness that is not at all unpleasant.

This is like a really good liquid salad!

2010-07-24 16:57:47 -0400

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Stephanie 2010-07-25 14:30:57 -0400

I love that—“…like a really good liquid salad!” lol! :)

Shinobi_cha 2010-07-29 15:53:21 -0400

You might want to also put your entry here:
http://steepster.com/teas/maeda-en/12617-shin-cha-select-2010-edition

It appears there is a duplication on this tea, as 5 other people have already rated it, but in this entry, you are the first. :)

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