2020/09/07

Marishi Cultivar's Tea Flight

Comparative tea tasting is always fun.Especially, it is always interesting to have tea made from a rare cultivar. I had 5 different teas made from the same rare cultivar called "marishi".




All of the tea are made from the same cultivar, but the characters are different respectively depending on how/where they are grown, how/when they are picked, how they are processed etc. 



The one (from Shizuoka) that has a "Goldilocks" umami and thickness with a slight melony aftertaste is my favorite.


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