Geoffrey Norman

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Gyokuro Asahi Rare Green Tea from Teaflection

Geoffrey Norman drank Gyokuro Asahi Rare Green Tea by Teaflection

This is a very good – if very picky – green tea. By picky, I mean it requires a specific brewing time and temp to be very good. Some of that can be palate-specific and subjective. Brewed at the time and temp suggested on the Teaflection site lends a very chestnutty and vegetal brew. I softened it a bit, but liked it both ways.

Full Review: http://www.teaviews.com/2010/12/13/review-teaflection-gyokuro-asahi-rare-green-tea/

2010-10-23 15:19:22 -0400

165 °F / 73 °C

1 min 30 sec

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Shinobi_cha 2011-04-26 20:31:43 -0400

Strange that Teaflection would suggest anything higher than 150 for a Gyokuro; typically it is 120 – 140 for 2 or 2.5 minutes.

Geoffrey Norman 2011-04-26 20:40:58 -0400

Strange because on the Teaflection website they recommend 122-140F water and 3 tsp. per cup.

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I moonlight as a procrastinating writer and daylight as a trader of jack. I appreciate good tea, good beer, and food that is bad for me. Someday I’ll write the great American novel. And it’ll probably have something to do with tea or beer…or both. In the meantime, I subsist.

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