Kasumi no Chajin

Loose
Appearance: large camomile puffs, bright yellow, sparse purple lavender buds
Aroma when Dry: fresh, bright camomile, hints of lavender
After water is first poured: bright, juicy, apple-y camomile
At end of first steep: bright, fruity, camomile
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? Type yes, this blend seems to have much less lavender then preferred
Preferred time of day: evening, or if needed medicinally
Taste:
At first?: fresh, sweet, bright camomile, hints of lavender on front of mineral lingering close
As it cools?: notes open, sweeten.
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, camomile brightness

Second steep (3min):
Lavender notes surface, camomile gets lighter, notes sweeten greatly

Loose
Appearance: black grey dark curls
Aroma when Dry: bright, sweet lotus notes, peppery
After water is first poured: salty bright lotus floral notes
At end of first steep: bright lotus floral bittersweet notes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? yes
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: sharp, slightly fuzzy sour floral lotus
As it cools?:sour nutty tangy notes open up, tea gets fuzzier, deeper, thicker
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Softly, crisp floral lotus, slight hints of grass

Second Steep (5min):
Light, floral brothy, drying notes in close

Loose
Appearance: large chunk fruit and hibiscus
Aroma when Dry: bright, juicy, tart
After water is first poured: tart, fresh,
At end of first steep:
Tea liquor:
At first? Light pink
At end of steep: deepening
Staple? yes
Preferred time of day: any medicinally, summer staple
Taste:
At first?: slight tart, high in the palate citrus, mild floral balanced close
As it cools?: gets a bit more tart, slight sweet notes linger longer
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? No

Loose
Appearance: large dark oolong kernel
Aroma when Dry: sweet, nutty, creamy
After water is first poured: sweet nutty creamy rice notes
At the end of first steep: sweet, creamy, nutty
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? type Yes, would use brand again
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first?: Nutty, mineral notes, velvety sweet close
As it cools?: Notes of chestnut, pecan, and milkiness surface, joining the other notes, tea deepens and layers
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, sticky rice and nutty notes, pine nut, hazelnut notes

Second Steep (4min):
At first: sweet, mineral notes, then nuttiness
As it cools: mineral notes linger much longer, nutty notes deepen

Third Steep (5min):
Nutty, thick mineral notes, velvety, creamy close

Fourth Steep (5min):
Creamy nutty notes blend, light velvety close

Loose
Appearance: dark loose curled leaf
Aroma when Dry: honeysuckle, sweet, woody, faint floral
After water is first poured: honeysuckle syrup
At end of first steep: bright, sweet, floral
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: leather brown
Staple?No
Preferred time of day: any, save evening
Taste:
At first?: crisp, smooth leather notes, floral honeysuckle close
As it cools?: honeysuckle notes open, tea starts to get slightly peaty, foresty, tea gets bodied
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Perfumy floral honeysuckle notes

Second Steep (3 min)
At first: lighter texture, same notes

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: sweet fennel herby notes, minty fresh
After water is first poured: crisp, sweet Mint, fennel
At end of first steep: bright sweet fennel, mint closes
Tea liquor:
At first? Hints of green
At end of steep: meadow green
Staple? Yes.
Preferred time of day: as needed medicinally, evening otherwise
Taste:
At first?: sweet fennel, crisp mint notes close
As it cools?: Notes brighten, mint opens up, texture gets herby, fuzzy, tea gets both bodied and lighter
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, sweet, slightly creamy fennel notes, short hints of mint bite

Loose
Appearance: pink rose petals, large sencha leaf, balanced
Aroma when Dry: grassy floral rose notes
After water is first poured: rose floral, slight grassy notes
At end of first steep: clear
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? likely medicinal
Preferred time of day: evenings
Taste:
At first?: floral rose notes, creamy buttery notes close
As it cools?: Notes open and smooth
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Slightly floral bodied buttery notes

Second Steep(5 min):
At first: very perfumy, floral rose notes, hints of bitter on close
As it cools: perfumed rosewater

Third Steep (5min):
rosewater
Fourth Steep(5min):
rosewater

Loose
Appearance: grey green large pouchang curls
Aroma when Dry: dry, subtly smoky floral notes
After water is first poured: sweet beans, floral notes
At end of first steep: clear
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? no
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: buttery sweet lima bean bean and cauliflower notes, vegital
As it cools?: notes get creamier, smoother, open up, tea gets juicy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, creamy, almost milky vegetal notes, bean,corn notes

Second Steep(5min):
At first: buttery, light mineral notes, vegital, brothy
As it cools: notes open up again

Loose
Appearance: dark grey brown curled leaf
Aroma when Dry: leafy, nutty, sweet (eastern), chewy
After water is first poured: bright, vegital, chewy
At end of first steep: vegital, buttery
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? No
Preferred time of day:any
Taste:
At first?: buttery, sweet, smooth vegital green beans, asparagus
As it cools?: gets sweeter, pea notes surface, gets brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, velvety creamy sweet vegital notes high on the palate

Loose
Appearance: Deep black tea, bright vanilla bits
Aroma when Dry: desserty sweet (western), nutty, earthy
After water is first poured: vanilla pound cake
At end of first steep: creamy vanilla
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: light meadow brown
Staple? No, but would drink again
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first?: light crisp creamy vanilla notes
As it cools?: Vanilla notes open up greatly, tea gets bodied
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, buttery crisp vanilla, no sweetness in aftertaste

Loose
Appearance: grey green,
Aroma when Dry: sweet, nutty, earthy
After water is first poured: Lotus and Lima bean Manju
At end of first steep: warm manju and rice
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of green
Staple? Possible
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first?: notes of sticky rice, earthy lotus manju,
As it cools?: notes sweeten, get nuttier, earthier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, tart, earthy

Second Steep(5 min):
At first: a bit sweeter, earthier, brothy notes

Loose
Appearance: green, mostly Parsley leaf, tea leaves noticeable
Aroma when Dry: sweet, herbal, juicy
After water is first poured:
At end of first steep: buttery Herbal notes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep:clear
Staple? Yes, medicinally
Preferred time of day: as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first?: sweet, buttery, herbal, chewy, slightly bitter close
As it cools?: bitterness starts to fade, gets very slightly brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, herby parsley notes

Second Steep (3 min)
Light and brothy

Loose
Appearance: greens, crushed leaf mix
Aroma when Dry: herby, slight lemony notes, hints of jasmine and mint
After water is first poured: fresh crisp mint, faint jasmine notes
At end of first steep: minty jasmine
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of green
Staple? Yes
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: strong jasmine floral, then hints of mint
As it cools?: jasmine notes get fuller, mint starts to layer in a bit
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? Not this tasting, but have tried with a half teaspoon of brown sugar, it helps open up all the notes, and smooths out any grassy texture
Lingers? Yes, fragrant jasmine notes in the palate

Second Steep (5min)
At first: bright floral jasmine
As it cools?: becomes a very balanced minty jasmine, with buttery notes

Third Steep (5min)
Sweet jasmine floral notes

Loose
Appearance: deep brown, small curled leaf, mild highlights in a lighter brown
Aroma when Dry: fruity, earthy
After water is first poured: fruity, musty, sweet
At end of first steep: Smooth, light earthy, fruity, mineral notes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: very faint green
Staple? Type yes, Will gladly re-order from company
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: musty, earthy, slight sweet, fruity, hints of broth notes
As it cools?: tea gets deeper, brothier, notes get fuller, hints of tartness, mellow grape notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, fruity, earthy and brothy, slight buttery texture

Second steep (5min):
At first: bright, smooth fruit notes, hints of salty brothyness
As it cools?: tea gets fruitier, brothier, buttery, then earthy, slightly smokey

Third Steep (6min):
Fruity, salty, brothy, peppery tea water

Fourth Steep (6 min):
Bright, very fruity salty broth water

Loose
Appearance: full bancha leaf, natural breaks, olive brown
Aroma when Dry: earthy, slight spice, sweet
After water is first poured: buttery, earthy
At end of first steep: buttery, earthy, leafy
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: faint hints of green
Staple? Type yes, company yes
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: slight spice, mineral notes,buttery, leafy
As it cools?: gets foresty, creamier, full bodied, salty, brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Sweet, buttery, toasty, slight spice
want to try chilled

Second steep (5min)
Aroma: buttery
Taste:
At first: buttery, earthy, hints of spice
As it cools: spice notes fade, stays buttery, earthy, brothy

Third Steep (5 min):
creamy, brothy, salty

Fourth Steep (6 min)
light creamy salty brothy

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: spicy, cool, earthy, herby
After water is first poured: spicy sweet sage, hints of mint
At end of first steep: bright sage notes, laced with mint
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: woody brown
Staple? Yes medicinally
Preferred time of day: as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first?: earthy,creamy,crisp, spicy sage woody notes, mint in close
As it cools?: notes open, layer, get thicker, creamier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, mostly the earthy, silky sage notes

Second Steep (5 min)
At first: Earthy herbal water
As it cools: sage notes thicken into tea again

Third Steep (8min)
Earthy herbal water
Fourth Steep
Earthy herbal water

Loose
Appearance: large, crisp foresty green leaf, olive, ruddy tones
Aroma when Dry: honey, herby, syrup sweet
After water is first poured: wheat
At end of first steep: sour vegital, wheat undernotes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? possible
Preferred time of day: late afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first?: crisp, chewy, creamy vegital notes
As it cools?: notes sweeten, blend, thicken, honeyed herb textures surface
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, creamy brothy, sweet leafy notes, high on the palate

Second Steep(4min):
At first: light creamy sweet brothy vegital notes
As it cools?: starts getting brothy

cake

Appearance: pressed dry calico cake, large leaf sage, whites, mix of browns
Aroma when Dry: lightly honey, herby sweet
After water is first poured: desserty, syurpy vanilla and nutty notes
At end of first steep: vanilla syrup
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first?: light mineral and linen notes
As it cools?: adds bit of a cocoa note, metallic tang and buttery smooth close
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, the mineral and metallic notes get cloying as it cools

Loose
Appearance: black chocolate dark leaf, coconut shreds
Aroma when Dry: dessert sweet, marzipan notes
After water is first poured: deserty, spiced coconut pudding
At end of first steep: sweet, deserty, hints of nuts
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: faint nutty brown
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening, seasonal
Taste:
At first?: sweet nutty notes, close on a cloying coconut note
As it cools?: gets creamy notes, reminiscent of a light hazelnut almond syrup

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with a heavy nutty, earthy sweetness (western)

Loose
Appearance: dark, loose leaf, large pieces of lemongrass, mint
Aroma when Dry: bright,earthy, woodsy mint
After water is first poured: sweet, chocolate notes, minty, smoky, no astringency
At end of first steep: smoky, earthy woody notes, hints of mint
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: light brown
Staple? Likely Seasonal
Preferred time of day: evening
Taste:
At first?: smokey, faint mint and lemongrass
As it cools?: notes get smooth, deep, very creamy lemongrass notes lengthen, no astringency, then gets thick and smoky
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? With a lemongrass smoke texture, no astringency

Second Steep (5 min)
Aroma: Light smoke
Taste: Light smokey woodsy notes

Third Steep (8 min)
faint smokey notes, as it cools mint notes surface slightly

Fourth Steep (6min)
Smokey water
Fifth Steep
Smokey water

Loose
Appearance: large med brown, knobby oolong
Aroma when Dry: fruity, chewy, tobacco notes
After water is first poured: floral, fruity
At end of first steep: chewy, fruity
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of yellow
Staple? Type no, would use brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: bitter, chewy fruity finish
As it cools?: gets bland, slight butter notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? only slightly, with brothy textures
Second steep (5 min)
Aroma: same, warmer
Taste:
At first: fruity, peach, grape, pear notes
As it cools: stays fruity, buttery notes surface

Third Steep (7 min) brothy, salty
Fourth Steep (8 min)brothy, salty

tu– cha

Appearance: hints of green, woody bits
Aroma when Dry: sweet, nutty, sticky rice
After water is first poured: buttered wild rice
At end of first steep: same notes
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: clear
Staple?No
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: buttery rice
As it cools?: notes get warmer, earthier, slight honey notes surface, then starts to get brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with a creamy, earthy texture

Second steep (5 min)
Aroma: same, warmer
Taste:
same notes, hints of metallic notes

Third Steep (5 min):
Taste: getting a bit creamier, honeyed in the butter notes
As it cools: starts to get salty, brothy notes

Fourth Steep (3 min):
Taste: Buttery Ricewater broth

Fifth Steep(8 min):
Taste: Buttery Ricewater, hints of brothiness

Sixth Steep:
brothy ricewater

Seventh Steep:
Light brothy ricewater

Brick

Appearance: woody black pu-erh chips off a larger brick
Aroma when Dry: sweet, nutty cocoa earthy, floral notes
After water is first poured: tart, sour, earthy,
At end of first steep: sour, peaty
Tea liquor:
At first?
At end of steep: hints of clay red
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure
Taste:
At first?: bitter, metallic tang, earthy notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, metallic notes

tu– cha

Appearance: small tu-cha button, Chrysanthemum pressed into the back of it.
Aroma when Dry: toasted nuts, earthy, faint floral notes
After water is first poured: nutty, creamy, buttery caramel notes
At end of first steep: murky, earthy, peaty, floral
Tea liquor:
At first? Light red brown
At end of steep: opaque black– brown
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: afternoon
Taste:
At first?: heavy, slightly creamy earthy notes, clay, hints of floral, slight sour finish
As it cools?: notes get more earthy, heavier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, deep earth notes, slight floral leads on sour close

Second steep (3 min)
Aroma: floral,woody
Taste:
At first: more Chrysanthemum notes, with floral notes lingering longer, still heavy, earthy