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Hon Gyokuro from t Leaf T

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74/100

Hon Gyokuro

Green Tea by t Leaf T

Produced in Yame-shi Fukuoka prefecture in Japan, hon gyokuro is renouned to be the highest grade of green tea in Japan. A rich and buttery flavour with a velvety finish makes this exquisite tea hard to resist.

1 Tasting Note

Miss Sweet
73

Lil’ Scrappy once asked, “I got money in the bank, shawty what you drank?”. Well, my preferred green to “drank” is Hon Gyokuro. It has a more lush, rounded flavour than the Kabuse with that buttery goodness that even Young Buck would enjoy (perhaps while driving his Bentley that 50 Cent bought him).

Today’s gyokuro craving was bought to you by those teashow.tv dudes. Unfortunately I don’t have “money long like sleeves”, but this was the highest grade I could get my hands on…

2nd steep: 65C/2min 30secs