Kasumi no Chajin

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: Jasmine, floral, grassy
After water is first poured: soft jasmine notes
At end of steep: light floral jasmine and grass
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: faint green
Staple? Type yes, would not use brand again, will restock with loose leaf
Preferred time of day: Any
Taste:
At first?: grass with hints of mint, slight harsh close
As it cools?: sour complicated grassy notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with a mellowed grassiness, that bitters as it cools

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Aroma when Dry: lemony
After water is first poured: lemon fresh, citrus
At end of steep: lemon
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: pale green
Staple? No, will not buy personally
Preferred time of day: before evening
Taste:
At first?: warm, watery lemonade
As it cools?: notes open up, tea is reminiscent of green tea’s answer to sweet tea and lemon
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, lemon zest bitter notes

Bagged,
Powdered

Aroma when Dry: sweet, (eastern) creamy
After water is first poured: sweet (eastern) grassy butter cream
At end of steep:
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: faint powdery green
Staple? Type yes, would use brand again, not likely to buy
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: creamy sweet (eastern) grassy note, hints at vegital
As it cools?: get very buttery, cream finish

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, the deep, sweet (eastern) chewy note in the matcha stays across the palate.

Bagged
Appearance:
Aroma when Dry: warm, nutty
After water is first poured: buttery, nutty
At end of steep: nutty, coffee note
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of brown
Staple? Type yes, prefer loose leaf
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: buttery open, then hints of weak coffee and cream, closing on a soapy note
As it cools?: starts getting a burnt coffee note, cream note gets odd, then gets watery

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, the watery note stays

Bagged
Appearance:
Aroma when Dry: sweet jasmine floral, soapy
After water is first poured: hints of jasmine
At end of steep: hints of grassy jasmine
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: Light yellow
Staple? Type yes, would not buy brand
Preferred time of day: any

Taste:
At first?: flat jasmine notes, hints of grassiness
As it cools?: taste gets lighter, slightly soapy

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with faint floral creamy notes

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: warm, Spicy, peppery cinnamon
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep (boil) clay brown-red)
Staple? Chai yes, this brand No
Preferred time of day: Afternoon, evening
Taste:
Black (right after being brought to boil)
Aroma: cinnamon, honey
At first: tangy, peppery, sour
Aroma, cinnamon, honey
As it cools ? Bright Cinnamon, light pepper

With 1 cup milk?
(after 2-3 min boil)
Aroma: spiced cream,
At first: creamy harsh cinnamon, pepper close
As it cools? Cinnamon mellows, gets buried in peppery notes

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? Milk after first notes on flavour
With 1tsp of honey? Extends the creamy texture, lets it linger longer, before the pepper overpowers

Lingers?
With milk: short peppery cream note,
With milk and Honey: notes switch places lengths

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: sour, grassy
After water is first poured: nutty, powdery
At end of steep: grassy, buttery
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: med green
Staple? Type yes, would not use brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: bitter, harsh, grassy
As it cools? Gets less harsh, grassy, slightly creamy, then bitter note closes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Loose
Appearance: small leaf, lots of sorghum seed, some popped rice
Aroma when Dry: buttery, nutty
After water is first poured: buttery, creamy, nutty, grassy, faint earthiness
At end of steep: harsh grass
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: grassy, clear
Staple? Type yes, would not use brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: harsh grassiness, slight rice and butter notes hinted at
As it cools ? Harshness lessens, creamy notes surface
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, harsh at first, slight buttery grass notes close

Loose
Appearance: delicate leaf, white bits, greens, brown
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, guava, floral
After water is first poured: guava, slight floral
At end of steep: same
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of green
Staple? Perhaps summer seasonal
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: crisp, fresh guava
As it cools ? notes open up, tea gets juicy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, guava with a bit of tang, closing on a sweet note

Would be best chilled, revisiting in summer

Loose
Appearance: dark loose leaf oolong
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, sweet plum notes

After water is first poured: earthy faintly sweet plum
At end of steep: syurpy, jammy, plum sweetness
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: meadowy green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: afternoon

Taste:
At first: floral sweetness, plum, closes on a slight sour tang
As it cools ? All notes lighten, chalky note closes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Briefly, slight sweet-tart plum notes

Loose
Appearance: dark knobby oolong, berries and fruit noticeable
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, plum notes

After water is first poured: fruity, plum notes
At end of steep: light plum
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep:
At end of steep: light brownish pink
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: tart, jammy, slight astringency, closing on an odd sweet note
As it cools ? Stays jammy, sour, plum note changes in odd way, astringency increases, notes get cloying

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, plum, citrus notes, syrupy astringency

Loose
Appearance: dark red-brown hibiscus, large apple and orange chunks

Aroma when Dry: peppery blood orange, fruity
After water is first poured: bright blood orange, tangy notes
At end of steep: warm blood orange tang

Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: light sunset purple
At end of steep: deeper sunset purple-pink
Staple? No, still looking for a proper tart version
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: tart, slight astringency, closing on an odd sweet note, the apple maybe?

As it cools? Apple and berry notes surface, and overwhelm the others

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, the apple high in the palate, some of the orange notes

Loose
Aroma when Dry: fruity, notes of cactus, orange, fig
After water is first poured: fig and orange
At end of steep: cloying fruity, malowy
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: meadow green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: drying sandalwood notes, followed by orange, closing faint fig note
As it cools ? Notes open up into layered bitter, sour, grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, astringent, bitter, grassy, soured fig close

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: dusty, floral, jasmine perfumy
After water is first poured: floral jasmine
At end of steep: astringent floral
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: mossy green
Staple? Type yes, will not use this brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: high astringency, closes with floral notes
As it cools? looses some astringency, floral notes flatten, tea gets very harsh grassy

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with drying astringency

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: tart, fruity
After water is first poured: sweet– tart, fruity
At end of steep: mellowed earthy, fruity
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: deep sunset-clay red
Staple? Type, yes, found some loose leaf options to look into for restock
Preferred time of day: any, as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first: warm, earthy floral, tart close
As it cools ? tart notes become more central in the palate, then mellow and blend, slight astringent note surfaces

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No, but have had with some added sugar, often in summer

Lingers? yes, herby and tart at the back of the throat

Great chilled

Loose
Appearance: multi colored, large, fine leaf, several greens, bright red- orange safflowers, deep blue cornflower

Aroma when Dry: deep deserty sweet, almost spiced icing
After water is first poured: floral, buttery coconut
At end of steep: coconut spiced rice
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: med spring green

Staple? YES

Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: coconut pulp, closing with hints of floral, tea lightens at close
As it cools ? Starts to get a honeyed coconut note, with hints of honeysuckle, and pineapple mint, gets thick brothy texture, hints of salt on close

Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes lightly herby coconut notes, closing with white tea and hints of melon

Second steep (4 min)
Aroma: milky, buttery
Taste:
At first: lighter, spice notes deepen, notes layer, coconut cream notes finish
As it cools: notes open, tea gets creamier, brothy

Third Steep (5 min)
Aroma: light nuttycoconut
Taste:
At first:brothy, only hints of coconut and salt

Loose
Appearance: rich, dark med size leaf
Aroma when Dry: creamy, sweet, desserty, butter
After water is first poured: peppery, creamy, sweet, silky, fresh
At end of steep: nutty, creamy, earthy
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: pale brown
Staple? YES
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: peppery creamy coconut and condensed milk
As it cools ? Gets creamier, reminiscent of cocoa froth, chestnut mixed with almost cashew sweet notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, smooth hints of spice, velvety close, almost like a light chai

Want to try chilled

Second steep (3 min)
Aroma: light milky, brothy
Taste:
At first: light, brothy, earthy, salty
As it cools: gets milky again

Third steep (6 min)
very light,milky, brothy, salty

Loose,Powdered
Appearance: bright green, silky fine grain
Aroma when Dry: sweet, velvety, butter texture
After water is first poured: creamy, sweet, buttery
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: bright spring green, (after shaking) lighter froth highlights
At end of steep: color deepens a shade
Staple? Type yes, may reorder brand
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: Rich, bodied, somewhat vegital, chewy, hints of grass, brothy, no bitter notes
As it cools ? gets sweeter, milkier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, with a velvety brothy, sweet (eastern) note

Good cooled

Loose
Appearance: blend of bancha, popped rice sorghum seed, evenly balance, and dusted with matcha
Aroma when Dry: sweet (eastern) roasty, toasty, nutty, chewy rice
After water is first poured: earthy toasty, nutty, chewy rice
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: hint of green
At end of steep: dustier from matcha
Staple? Type, yes would gladly buy brand again
Preferred time of day: Any
Taste:
At first: creamy, sweet (eastern) nutty, chewy, grassy, earthy
As it cools ? slight drying note, notes get deeper, nuttier, earthier, less grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, all notes, with a creamy earthy matcha and almost chestnut note close

Loose
Appearance: deep red brown, delicate leaf, tendrils of a leather red shade
Aroma when Dry: raisins, malty, sweet
After water is first poured: raisin, plummy
At end of first steep: faint cream, plums, raisin
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: light dusty green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first: jammy, fruity, plum, raisin, creamy notes, sweet, no astringency
As it cools ? notes blend, tea gets jammyer, creamier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? with fruity notes

Second Steep (6min)
light and fruity, no astringency

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: floral, jasmine, grassy honey notes
After water is first poured: floral, honeysuckle, honey and jasmine
At end of steep: sweet, floral honey notes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: grassy, clear
Staple? Type yes, looking for a good loose “leaf” brand for restock
Preferred time of day: Any
Taste:
At first:bitter, buttery, jasmine notes close
As it cools ? gets grassy and harsh
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with gritty grassy notes, closing with a floral finish

Loose
Appearance: large buds, reminiscent of the tops of wheat, mostly pale blond, with hints of sandy coloration
Aroma when Dry: sticky spiced vanilla
After water is first poured: pine, citrus, melon and sweet cream
At end of first steep: same
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: clear
Staple? No.
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: bright, melon tangy,
As it cools ? Notes open, tea gets velvety, fuzzy, then fluffy and brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, with a fuzzy, creamy texture melon and honey notes

Second steep: (1 min)
Aroma: bitter melon
Taste:
At first: bitter, sour, layered, fuzzy, then pine notes
As it cools: salty notes surface, tea gets increasingly sour notes that linger, then tea sweetens again, into salty brothyness, starts to close on lemony note

Third Steep (2 min)
Aroma: bitter melon, lighter notes, cucumber minty
Taste:
At first: bitter, and then cloying sweet cocoa nutty cookie, closing on spiced vanilla notes
As it cools: cucumber melon cookie dough? notes

Fourth Steep (2 min)
Aroma: melon, lemon
Taste:
At first: silky melon floral, with lemon
As it cools: same notes, adding salty brothy notes

Loose
Appearance: large bicolored brown leaf
Aroma when Dry: toasty cinnamon cookie
After water is first poured: sweet
At end of first steep: sweet, deserty brothy
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: deep meadowy brown-yellow
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first:bodied, slight bite of black notes, then fuzzy sweet almost day old cinnamon roll
As it cools ? notes get deeper, sweeter, more fuzzy closes with a American mocha-like cloying syrupy note
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? With deserty, incresingly sweet, fuzzy, light astringency

Second Steep (2 min)
Aroma when water is poured: caramel cinnamon
Taste:
first notes: layered black tea astringency, then cinnamon black coffee notes close
As it cools: generic black astringency with whipped cream closing notes, then salted broth finish

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: light, sweet, (eastern) floral, slightly tart,
After water is first poured: light, fruity, slighty herby, deserty, sweet (eastern), chewy, light mint and melon notes
At end of first steep: melon pear notes get bolder, lychee notes get mintyer
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: light meadow yellow
Staple? flavor yes,Summer seasonal…could have been, is discontinued…I think I found a replacement to try.
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: fuzzy, pear notes, slightly sweet, slight tart notes. Closes on the creamy sour lychee notes
As it cools ? lychee notes sour and smooth out a bit, tea deepens,gets creamier, sweeter, tea brightens
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? tea opens uplychee notes open briefly Pear closes.

would be lovely iced