Recent Reviews of Sencha of the Wind at Teaviews.com
There have been two reviews of Obubu’s Kaze no Sencha offered in the United States via our partner Boulder Tea.
(Read the whole review from Vanessa here) Vanessa says…
Well, after completing nearly 300 tea reviews for TeaViews, I have done something with this sample of Kaze Sencha that I have never done before: eat the tea. … The tea has a savory/broth-like quality to it, but avoids being aggressively vegetal. This is a calmer, milder Sencha than I am used to, and one that I really appreciated. On several occasions as I was drinking this tea, I caught myself saying “yum” alound. This tea is highly enjoyable on its own, but also would be perfect to pair with meals. … I have to say that I really enjoyed this. Kaze sencha brought the tea experience to a new level.
(Read the whole review from Katie here) Katie says…
Vanessa’s review of this tea immediately made me want to try it. That part about eating the leaves? Had to do it. Had to. I’d tried a few leaves here and there but never braved adding soy sauce and downing a whole bowl of leaf, so it’s about time I do. … After three cups, I am ready to eat the leaves. I add a splash of soy sauce and dig in with chopsticks. The leaves are somewhat earthy and astringent. They are not vegetal or even slightly bitter. The texture is fantastic, and I will definitely be eating the rest of my sample.
Wow,
I ordered the sencha of the wind and it tastes nothing like tea. I prepared it with 170f water, one tablespoon of tea and 6 oz of water for 1 minute. It tastes nothing like any tea I’ve tried before. There is no bitterness, harshness, or strong tannins. Instead, what it tastes like is a Japanese fish and seaweed soup. You can have 3 infusions and the flavor is still abundant. I tried eating the leaves but they were still bitter. I guess there were more infusions left in the leaves
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Hi Kevin, When you use cooler water, less bitterness and more sweetness is extracted from the leaves. That gives the tea a much sweeter taste, but the bitterness remains in the leaves. When we prepare this tea, we might steep it with warm water for the first steeping to enjoy a sweet, thick taste; then switch to hot water for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th steepings. By the end, the tea leaves are less bitter and very tender for consumption.