Tecchan Shincha

Tea type
Green Tea
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Caffeine
High
Certification
Fair Trade
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Average preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 1 min, 0 sec 8 oz / 236 ml

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  • “Happy spring! Since the weather has finally warmed up, I decided to start my days off with green tea rather than black, and this was a nice small sample. The dry leaf for this smelled quite...” Read full tasting note
  • “The instructions recommended using 1.5 Tablespoons of this, but I suspect that’s a typo (how could you possibly need 1.5 T of shincha?). This tea gets 5 out of 5 caffeine marks, and remembering how...” Read full tasting note
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Shincha from Tecchan, a 5th generation tea-maker and also Akky-san’s neighbor. His skill shines with this exceptional shincha, which is smooth while rich in umami flavors.

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987 tasting notes

Happy spring!

Since the weather has finally warmed up, I decided to start my days off with green tea rather than black, and this was a nice small sample.

The dry leaf for this smelled quite seaweed-ish, but the brewed tea was not very astringent or umami, which I liked. I even oversteeped it slightly, and that didn’t pose a problem to me – a rarity for me when it comes to Japanese greens.

This is a Japanese green tea I will probably finish off with very few problems. :D

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672 tasting notes

The instructions recommended using 1.5 Tablespoons of this, but I suspect that’s a typo (how could you possibly need 1.5 T of shincha?). This tea gets 5 out of 5 caffeine marks, and remembering how buzzed I got on the last tea that was marked that high, I used a scant teaspoon, and I find it is plenty strong.

I was curious to see whether this tea would really taste like buttered asparagus, as promised on the label, and it does! The stony mineral notes are also there, giving it a little zip, but it is primarily a smooth buttery vegetable tea. Good to focus with, as the caffeine brings plenty of alertness but the flavor is soothing. The steeped leaves are lime green, and the liquor is a pale gold.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 1 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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