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Shooting Star from Bayswater Tea Co.

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80/100

Shooting Star

Green Tea by Bayswater Tea Co.

Type: Green Tea
Variety: Shooting Star
Brewing Directions: Let boiled water cool to 80°C. Add 1 heaping tea measuring spoon for 1 cup of water. Steep 2 min. Reuse tea for multiple steepings.

1 Tasting Note

Syaffolee
94

It’s like a night sky in a strange dimension.

Bayswater Tea Co. makes another green tea variety called Shooting Star. When I first brewed it, the color was a dark yellow-green, not unusual for a green tea, but there was also a shimmering oil suspended in the liquid, making the tea look like the starry sky at night if you first put it through a Lovecraftian blender. But don’t let the appearance put you off.

The aroma and taste was subtle but suggestive. It’s faintly musky and slightly sweet with a hint of vanilla and a teasing nutty finish. None of this diminished in subsequent steepings. It put me to mind of sitting huddled underneath a sleeping bag from the chilly autumn wind. And gazing upward, waiting for the stars to align…

Recommended for: everyone, even non-Cthulhu fans
Brewing suggestions: 80°C/1 teaspoon tea per 1 cup water/steep 2 min