2021/02/06

Uji Cha LOVE Tea Party 2021

I joined a webinar from Ujitawara town known as “the birthplace of Japanese green tea” where Mr Soen Nagatani, who invented sencha production method, was born. 


We tried tasting flight using several kinds of wonderful tea (all made in Ujitawara) sent by the the town in advance.


1) From left to right: Sencha/Hand-picked Gyokuro / Kabusecha.

Especially, gyokuro is so beautiful. Glossy, dark green color and beautiful needle shape. Of course, it has a lot of umami.




                       
 2) From left to right:Hand-picked Matcha /  Machine-picked Matcha /  Cooking grade Matcha 

Cooking grade has a bitterness, and the color is not vivid enough. On the other hand, hand-picked matcha has a smooth texture and milder and frothy when you make. 

When the situation gets better, I would love to visit Ujitawara again.

The farther of Japanese green tea, Mr Nagatani Soen and the house where he was born. 


 



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