2021/03/29

My Hand-rolled Black Tea

My hand-rolled black tea using sayamakaori cultivar sent from Mr Matsumoto, Sakuranoen, in Kumamoto.

Still a little early for tea season 2021, but he has withered and frozen some leaves picked in the past so that tea-lovers can experience tea making throughout the year.

Tea color turned out to be more reddish than I expected, which is good. It has "some" flavour (I cannot say "wonderful"...), and a mild texture without any harshness. Not bad. Thank you, Matsumoto-san:-)

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