Yesterday, I got a box of green tea that upon some brewing was absolutely fantastic. Since there were no intelligible instructions me, woeful language skills that I have - I tried a 80C, 3 minute soak to see what happens. Oddly, the first steeping was quite disappointing, but things soon got better from there. Push up the temperature slightly (I'm guessing closer to 90C with a 4minute steeping time) and you are on to a winner, especially by the second go.
The taste was always subtle, but the 2 and 3rd (the best, I thought, though I did go on and steep it another 3 times to see :) steeping really brought out a nuanced flavour that was somewhat sencha-like, but the unani-esque undertones (which i dont particularly enjoy) were far less pronounced.
Very fresh, and you can tell by the long green tip, almost irridesently green, that this was great tea.
The problem was the providence was completly unknown. So I put the wonder of the interweb to work and uploaded a picture of the box to
IDthis. et voila! we had the name. Its Jiu Long High Mountain Green Tea (thanks, michi, the nameless Chinese-speaking tea identifier). It comes recommended, and so does ID.this.
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