Charaku
Type: Green
Origin: Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honyama
Product Description:
Type: Green
Origin: Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honyama
Product Description:
Infuses to a light green liquor with a slightly grassy aroma. Nice mouthfeel and a light amami (sweetness) that stays through a few infusions. It also has a very light shibumi (astringency) finish, so is a well-balanced tea with fresh notes across the spectrum.The Honyama region of Shizuoka is in the northern part of the prefecture, containing the Abe River and the it's branches of the Ashikubo and Warashina Rivers, and near the foothills of Mount Fuji. Suruga was the old provincial name of current Shizuoka, and the Yumesuruga varietal can be translated as "Dream Suruga". The aroma of tea is everywhere in Suruga, and must have been for some time as poem of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) recounts, "Suruga road / Even the mikan (orange) blossoms / Smell of tea bushes".
Temperature: 176° F
Amount: 3 grams
Steeping Time: 45 seconds-1.5 minutes
The dry leaf aroma is nutty and marine green.
Steeping Time: 45 seconds-1.5 minutes
The dry leaf aroma is nutty and marine green.
The liquor is pale green with a savory aroma of nuts and edamame. The taste is savory and sweet with light edamame notes and a sweet green grassy finish.
This sencha was delicious with savory umami notes followed by a sweet green finish throughout three infusions. The aroma and liquor color deepened by the third infusion.
This tea was purchased by me.
This tea was purchased by me.
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