I was craving bancha today, so I brewed up a medium-sized tetsubin of Harney & Sons Jane’s Garden, which I continue to regard as the non-rose rose tea! It’s very tasty and succulent, just not very floral. Definitely satisfied my bancha craving!
The liquor brews up pale greenish yellow, and tastes just like … bancha! I wish that I could figure out how to describe the flavor of bancha. It reminds me somewhat of oil paints, but of course that sounds repulsive and poisonous, when in fact this tea is appealing and salubrious! Well, there are people who sniff glue, so maybe they would not be turned off by such comparisons? Anyway, I like it a lot, and nothing satisfies a bancha craving but … BANCHA!
second infusion: brighter yellow; flavorful
third infusion: light yellow with a lighter taste, but still a mighty fine beverage!
when i gave some H&S bancha to my friend to sample, she declared its fishy. doesnt taste fishy to me
boychik: that’s what I mean when I say that it tastes indescribable! To some it may seem fishy; to me it seems bancha-y! ;-)