I stopped into this shop during my trip to Chicago, and it was a great experience! I only ended up buying one tisane, but they threw in a free measuring spoon and this sample.
I’m wondering if it’s a bit stale though, as it brewed up a golden color instead of the highlighter green I am used to with this type of tea.
This was a nice tea—light with no bitterness and only the slightest bit of astringency. A lot of the gyokuro I have tried gets bitter as it cools, but this one didn’t. There was a slight, bright grassy note with just the smallest bit of sweetness coming up the palate after swallowing.
I absolutely adore gyokuros, but this one was so very expensive that I couldn’t imagine actually getting it.
Flavors: Beany, Grass, Green Beans, Sweet
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How much of a sample did they give you / did you use?
Probably about 4 grams, which I steeped in a larger 20ish oz cup for on my way to work.
Yah, the way to brew expensive tea like Gyukuro is in small amounts, but with large amounts of leaf. 7 or 8 grams, 200 mL with a low temp of 140 roughly. You’ll get a lot more particles which should change the colour. I sometimes think that’s where the idea for matcha came from. All those little green particles in Gyojuro. As for expense, this one is not too expensive. They’re selling it at like 20 usd per 50g roughly.
How much of a sample did they give you / did you use?
Probably about 4 grams, which I steeped in a larger 20ish oz cup for on my way to work.
Yah, the way to brew expensive tea like Gyukuro is in small amounts, but with large amounts of leaf. 7 or 8 grams, 200 mL with a low temp of 140 roughly. You’ll get a lot more particles which should change the colour. I sometimes think that’s where the idea for matcha came from. All those little green particles in Gyojuro. As for expense, this one is not too expensive. They’re selling it at like 20 usd per 50g roughly.