2020/06/13

Green or Yellow?

Tea leaves grown in flat area are a bit livelier and thicker than those in mountain area, and good for Fukamushi-sencha (deep steamed green tea). The longer leaves are steamed, the finer tea become, which give deeper green color and richer taste. If you ask "What color is sencha?", some would says "yellow", the other would do "green" depending on what sencha they have been drinking.



Now , it's rainy season and getting muggy. I brew fukamushi-sencha with hot water to get refresh me, and this refreshing taste  goes with sweet dumpling wrapped with bamboo leaf.



Sakura Season

  Sakura is a feast for the eyes. Also a feast for the palate. Sencha named "sakura-hime (lit: sakura princess), which is blended with ...