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Oh Cha! drank Sencha Yuzu by Rishi Tea

Ohhhhhh YuzuCha… I needed a Japanese Green. This was the right choice.

I hate to admit it, but I had no idea “yuzu” existed before I experienced this tea. But now I’d really like to see one for myself! I hate having an ingredient in something, that I am unable to acquire and try on it’s own, for the sake of flavour comparison.

Anyways… the tea is lovely. A glorious sencha, and the yuzu adds a flavour that’s… citrusy? I’m not sure citrusy is the right description. It adds a very pleasant sweet yet tangy note to the yummy vegetal profile natural to this sencha.

I enjoy it on it’s own but… it would be WONDERFUL PAIRED WITH A BAKED FISH methinks! :)

2009-12-20 12:33:23 -0500

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Jillian 2009-12-20 17:25:34 -0500

So…what’s a yuzu?

Little Yellow Teapot 2009-12-20 21:27:31 -0500

Yuzu! Bless you! (sounded like a sneeze to me…)

Cofftea 2009-12-20 21:40:41 -0500

@ Jillian, it’s an Asian citrus fruit. Glad I looked it up, I was thinking ouzo. LOL! No ouzo tea.:( Here’s an yuzo oolong you updated info on back in Sept. Looks yummy! http://steepster.com/teas/naivetea/4480-yuzu-oolong

Cofftea 2009-12-20 21:47:08 -0500

I love the pairing suggestion, do you cook/bake w/ tea as well?

Oh Cha! 2009-12-21 00:59:15 -0500

Yes!! Lots of cooking and baking with tea… Culinary arts are my hobby :)

Cofftea 2009-12-21 09:54:12 -0500

Going to Fava Tea Co. today. They have tea hard candy. Maybe that’ll help get rid of my cough.

Fred 2009-12-22 21:50:41 -0500

I’ve always wanted to try the Yuzu Sencha from Rishi but just never wanted to fork over the money for it. Now Wegmans stopped carrying that version of Rishi. Sigh….

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I’m a foodie. I’ve worked in tea professionally, and the obsession never left. I’ve also worked at a wine bar (with cheese, truffles & charcuterie) and a teahouse/restaurant (with excellent artisan pairing dishes) on the side.
So I’ve done a lot of tasting… and you’ll notice I bring up food pairing a lot!

I’m all about sharing recipes and recommendations, so please feel free to throw any of yours my way, and should you ask I’ll be happy to do the same. I’m also old school with my brewing methods – so if you have any questions of brewing or artisan teaware, feel free to ask.

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Drinking artisan tea, indulging in an entire bottle of wine, savouring microbrewed beer, making everything from scratch, putting cheese on/with everything like a true Wisconsinite, spending months’ worth of paychecks on Amazon, and flipping through and smelling the pages of books I surely won’t get to for another 8-10 years.