Miss Sweet

Miss Sweet drank Genmaicha Bancha by t Leaf T

A thinner-bodied genmaicha than the Japanese version, but it still has that classic lip-smackingly good buttery-nut flavour to warm you right up! Especially today, which the Metservice says “Feels like 4°C, 4 layers of clothing recommended”. And I’m only wearing 2…

2010-05-26 18:10:39 -0400

150 °F / 65 °C

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S 2010-05-27 00:34:50 -0400

I have also seen Chinese-grown “Japanese” greens….52teas, for example, always talks about its “buttery” sencha from China. They also label their black tea base as “premium Indian black tea” even though it’s Nigiri…

Miss Sweet 2010-05-27 18:50:36 -0400

Huh weird!
Isn’t Nilgiri tea grown in southern India though?

S 2010-05-27 19:37:49 -0400

Oh, you’re right, for some reason I thought it was grown in Sri Lanka :) My bad!

What happened to Cofftea’s comments? Now my first comment doesn’t make any sense ;(

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