Gyokuro Asahi Pearl Dew

Gyokuro is my favorite tea. The quality from Stash is very good as well as affordable. It is usually half the price of other companies. It has a sweet spinach vegetal taste. To me it is a great pick-me-up tea. It can calm as well as energize at the same time, due to the amount of theanine in the tea. I usually brew it around 160-175 and have yet to get a bitter steep out of it.

I’m not the best judge of green tea, especially Japanese green tea, but I really enjoyed this Gyokuro. Light body with a sweet, grassy note, this is exactly what I look for in green tea. It has a pleasingly light astringency and a clean finish.