Today’s random steeping is Ippodo Shincha over ice.
Unfortunately, while trying to make this, I spilled part of my tea caddy. However, while trying to clean up the mess, I was brought into direct contact with the tea. The feeling of the needlelike tea amazed me. The sorting that they must do to get tea to this level is incredible.
Anyways to steep I used 10 g of tea and 200 mL of boiling water (not on purpose).
I then poured it over ice and added a bit of cool water, and let it sit for a few moments.
If I could describe the experience, I would say that I was a Canadian pine
Standing in the middle of snowy winter. The taste of the tea totally matched the aroma of the needle leaves. I think intense chlorophyll might describe the flavour.
With no sugar used at all and a 2 minute steeping time
The only thing I could compare the adult taste of this drink with would
Be ice cold water vodka and water. (I don’t drink)
The essence of Japanese green tea is there.
The experience of trying this iced was totally different
Than warm.
