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“Second January Steepster tea of the day. Hopefully I can do it justice. I’m trying this one unsweetened to start with. Sometimes I can get away with that for really nice greens. I don’t have a...” Read full tasting note
“I love the aroma of the dry leaf with this one. I breathed it in & it is beautiful! The tea itself is delicious, almost like a trip to the Sushi bar. The flavor is a robust Matcha almost, with...” Read full tasting note
“This is a very fresh & clean tasting green tea. I don’t taste the eucalyptus, pine or sorrel individually, AND although this tea tastes slightly medicinal in a way I cannot adequately...” Read full tasting note
“Mmm, it’s been awhile since I had a good Japanese green. From the bright green of the wet leaves and the rich spinachy smell this seems more like a gyokuro than a sencha to me (not that I’m...” Read full tasting note
Cold aged until the New Year, this sencha is a reminder of the year that has passed and the upcoming spring just around the corner.
Origin:
Uji, Japan
Tasting Notes:
Savory with minerality and notes of sorrel, eucalyptus, and pine.
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Very mild and light tea. Some savory avocado flavors in the front, refreshing cucumber in the finish. I found the delicate nori aroma very pleasant. Nice tea for a warm spring or summer day. Not a challenging or complex tea, but enjoyable in its simplicity. 7/10
Last tea out of my Steepster box. I tried 2 greens back to back. This is the second one. Has a stronger, earthy/grassy taste to me when compared to other greens. Leaves are grassy looking if you will. Drinkable but not turning me into a green tea lover-this is just preference. If you like earthy/grassy green, give this a try.
Obukucha, you are so tasty. I could almost have you for lunch instead of miso, you remind me that much of a brothy salty seaweedy soup.
I am so sad that this is only sold around the new year. I placed an order with Obubu tea to try and get another sencha and a sample of their sakura so that I can sort of have some kind of salty beverage in my future, but I am still going to miss this cup.
It is my ideal green. From the flavor profiles it almost seems like I should be looking more for a gyokuro if I want something similar, so I suppose my next step will be to research that. In the meantime, does anyone have any idea who supplied this tea for the Select Box? I love them so much for it. If you have any recommendations for similar tasting teas I’ll take that too.
So so SO good, and now it’s all gone. I hope my sencha gets here fast..
Hey Joonsusanna, I sourced this tea for Steepster Select, and while its all gone for the year, I would recommend you try to purchase a sencha and gyokuro from the Uji region. The salt/brine flavor you are describing is a hallmark of teas from Uji. Good luck finding a replacement!
AH! I am just now seeing your note for whatever reason, so a VERY belated THANK YOU! I have not been able to recreate the lovely briney flavors in any sencha I’ve tried since this tea, so I really appreciate the help…I also went ahead and ordered the Uji shincha that was for sale at Tea Wing because of this, once I saw that that was your store. :)
I’m really excited to try the Uji shincha, but if you think there is another tea with a flavor profile even closer to the Obukucha I’m all ears – and I trust you implicitly! Thank you again for responding!
I’ve noticed in my travels I prefer Chinese green tea to Japanese, but I still love that rich green flavour that shade grown teas have. That said this tea does not disappoint in that area. The aroma is fresh with a decidedly bright liquor, and that prominent vegetal taste of a Japanese tea. That said, it was pretty much like every other sencha I’ve tried and did not stand out to me.
I’m not too fond of green teas that taste grassy, but this was in the Select box this month so I thought I’d give it a go. It is grassy without being bitter. I will sweeten with a bit of honey next cup (I normally don’t sweeten tea at all). I am not getting any of the other flavors besides minerality, and it tastes more grassy to me than pine.
