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It’s a bag tea. A cheapo bag tea.
Another product of my late-night adventure shopping.
It smells like pot.
I’ve never smoked marijuana, but I know what it smells like. It smells like this tea. Well, a lot stronger than this tea, which has a very weak scent, but you get the idea.
Guess how it tastes.
I’ll give you a hint. Bad.
Having had the joy of spending the latter part of my school years around people who loved the noxious weed, I can safely say that it doesn’t smell like pot, which smells like burning rope or burlap, but in an unpleasant, gross way. The tea DOES have a faint “roasted” smell which is pleasant and a bit sweet.
180 F 2 min; resteep 3 min. Golden infusion, flavors of moss, smoke, touch of caramel. Hoji-cha is traditional Japanese “roasted green tea.” To me, its uniqueness lies precisely in that counterpoint of greenness to toastiness. These tea leaves were harvested in Uji and Shizuoka, Japan.
I wanted one of my absolute favorites for my afternoon tea. I made this with a bit of matcha powder (http://steepster.com/teas/maeda-en/2498-shiki-matcha-powder) to give it a kick~
Went very well with my bagel with spinach & artichoke cream cheese breakfast. Bringing it to keep me awake in classes today. It should not legal to have classes before 10am.
I love mixing my genmai cha with matcha (http://steepster.com/teas/maeda-en/2498-shiki-matcha-powder)! The matcha definitely gives it a little kick that I especially need when it’s one of those mornings.
I usually drink the loose leaves genmai cha from Yamamotoyama but since I’m at my parents’ for the holiday I only have the tea bags from Yamamotoyama. Both are yummy but I prefer my usual loose leaves better. It tastes more rich.
I’ve never had this genmai cha, but when I brew a loose kind I love picking out and eating the little brown rice grains. Yum!