**Another review of Premium Green Tea by Stash—cold brew
Company: Stash Tea Company
Tea Name: Premium Green Tea
Tea Type/Varietal: green
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Steeping Vessel/Amt Leaf: cup/ tea bag
Liquor Color: golden
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I am having this tea not steeped with hot water but with cold water instead. As I was heading out of the doors for the day, I took one of the Stash Tea bags with me, and a bottle of water which I used while at this small deli in Boylston, MA. I simply placed the tea bag inside my bottle of water and let it steep for 5-10 minutes, turning the bottle over every now and again. I am enjoying the coloring that is emerging; that golden color and anticipating the taste of this tea cold.
I had placed an order of fries and once they were brought to the table, I decided to try my tea and took a large gulp of it; and yes there it is, that distinct ‘umami’ aroma/scent/flavor tingling my palette. That fishy aroma was there to meet my nostrils as I remove the cap from the bottle and upon taking sips and more sips of this tea, I am met repeatedly with that mouth watering sea weed in taste. I try the fries and they are nicely hot and slightly salty. I eat the fries, at times dunking them in the little ketchup holder, and by the end I opted to have them plain with no ketchup and they were still hot right to the very end. I sip of my tea between mouthfuls of the fries.
I am trying to explain the sheer delight with this tea and having it with French fries. And they go quite nicely; I should say this was not planned either.
Overall tasting notes: fresh like the ocean on a day when the sea weeds are piled on the shore
Cup’s characteristic: ‘umami’ good with salty food like French fries
Liquor color: golden
Taste: wonderfully pleasant green tea; exceptional even. I had been drinking Trader Joe’s Specialty Green Tea and it is nice tea with that green grassy taste and nothing of this ‘umami’ flavoring or aroma.
I am saying to truly experience green tea; if one had to categorize them or give another examples of what to expect, than I would have to say: Green tea can either be like of Trader Joe’s grassy good cup of greenness or liken to that of Stash Tea where the palette is wooed by this ‘umami’ salivating saltiness found in sea weed, or that offensive (only to myself) Parmesan Cheese in a nice way.
I should say that I continue to enjoy the tea bag even more when I found a water bubbler where it contained hot water and I filled my bottle with this while the tea bag still remained in the bottle. The water bottle being nice and warm against my fingers, as the shape of the bottle sort of warped from the heat of it. Anyhow, when I sip of the tea it is samely pleasant as before except it is hot tea now.
