Tea Information:
Tea: Hashiri Sencha
Type: Green Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea Company
Purchase: Tea Insider Club
Description: This tea is hand plucked from the youngest tea leaves of the season. It was then processed and flown directly to our facilities. Essentially, you are drinking some of the freshest tea you will ever taste. In addition, this Sencha was grown on the esteemed Moriuchi tea farm, the same farm that has won first place at the prestigious World Green Tea Contest, the O-Cha Frontier Contest, and the Shizuoka Tea Auction. Be sure to drink this quickly – its flavor is at its peak right now.
Origin: Shizuoka, Japan

Steep Information:
Amount: 6.2g
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL

Steep Time: 30 seconds
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: fresh green, lush
Steeped Tea Smell: light, sweet, vegetal
Flavor: sweet, grassy, a little nutty
Body: Light
Aftertaste: toasty, slightly astringent
Liquor: translucent light green

Resteep:
500ml at 160°F for 1 minute
good

Resteep:
500ml at 160°F for 1 minute 30 seconds
good

Resteep:
500ml at 160°F for 2 minutes
very weak/watery

Co-Worker thought it smelled like a Chesapeake bay blue crab. Weird.

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

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