This tea smells very wooden and sweet with a hint of chestnut.

First Steep – 45 seconds
A mild yet very sweet steep with a dry, nutty after taste. No astringency. Also reminds me of lightly toasted wood.

Second Steep – 1 min 25 secs
Still light and sweet but with some spice towards the after taste. Also subtly sour and astringent.

Third Steep – 2 mins
Very sweet and still reminding me of chestnut. Very light and wooden but not much flavour left overall.

So far it’s too early to judge this tea, I think I may have not used enough leaf so I will have another try another day and see how it comes out. It is also possible that it’s just a very light black tea.

Preparation
Boiling 8 g 7 OZ / 200 ML
Dag Wedin

Ah this tea is one of the better japanese blacks.
It has rather large leaf so needs a bit longer infusions.
It is somewhat light in flavour compared to other blacks like hime fuki. I found that ca 3g/100ml water with 1/1:30/2+ minutes infusions gave a nice result.

Dag Wedin

Ah but i also used a porous clay pot that enhance the body noticably. I would think that in a porcelain or glas pot you would have to increse leaf and/or steeptime.

KittyLovesTea

Thank you for the info :) I will try the longer infusion next time. It’s always hard to gage the first time you steep a tea without instructions. I used my Futanashi Tokoname teapot I got from Yuuki Cha.

Dag Wedin

Never tried tokoname clay. However the pots are often very beutiful!

Terri HarpLady

Wow, those teapots are gorgeous!

KittyLovesTea

Those teapots are beautiful :)

I found this one yesterday and have enquired about it’s price. They have some nice teaware on their website.
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/ki-68.htm

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Dag Wedin

Ah this tea is one of the better japanese blacks.
It has rather large leaf so needs a bit longer infusions.
It is somewhat light in flavour compared to other blacks like hime fuki. I found that ca 3g/100ml water with 1/1:30/2+ minutes infusions gave a nice result.

Dag Wedin

Ah but i also used a porous clay pot that enhance the body noticably. I would think that in a porcelain or glas pot you would have to increse leaf and/or steeptime.

KittyLovesTea

Thank you for the info :) I will try the longer infusion next time. It’s always hard to gage the first time you steep a tea without instructions. I used my Futanashi Tokoname teapot I got from Yuuki Cha.

Dag Wedin

Never tried tokoname clay. However the pots are often very beutiful!

Terri HarpLady

Wow, those teapots are gorgeous!

KittyLovesTea

Those teapots are beautiful :)

I found this one yesterday and have enquired about it’s price. They have some nice teaware on their website.
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/ki-68.htm

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I’m 34 years old from Leicester, England named Kayleigh.

I started off many years ago drinking herbal and fruit teas which over time peaked my interest in trying new types. Eventually I began to import and sample many different teas and cultures which I still do today. My life goal is to try as many teas and ways of having tea as possible.

Tea wise my cravings change constantly from pu erh one month to jasmine green to the next and so on.

I also enjoy watching Japanese Anime and horror films.

I am always up for tea swaps so if you see anything in my virtual cupboard then please contact me.

A short list to help swapping with me easier though honestly I am not fussy and am willing to try anything. Plus the notes below are usually, sometimes I love a tea that has an ingredient I tend to dislike and other times I hate a tea that I thought I would love.

Likes: Any fruit but especially melon and orange, vanilla, all tea types (black, green, white etc), nuts (any), flowers, ginger, chai.

Dislikes: Licorice, aniseed, clove, eucalyptus, lavender.

My rating system
I have my own way of rating teas that makes each one personal. I have different categories, I rate each tea depending on what it is made of. For example: I rate green teas in a different way to black teas or herbal teas. So black, white, green, Pu Erh, Rooibos, Oolong, blends and tisanes all have their own rating system. That way I can compare them with other teas of the same or similar type before for an adequate rating. And when I do give top marks which is very rare I am actually saying that I would love to drink that tea all day, every day if possible. It’s a tea that I would never turn down or not be in the mood for. So while I agree that no tea is 100% perfect (as nothing is) I am saying that it’s as close as it comes to it. After all, in my book the perfect teas (or close to perfect anyway) are ones that I could drink all the time. That is why you will find a high quality black or Oolong will not have as high a score as a cheap flavoured blend, they are simply not being compared in the same category.

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