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January 07, 2005
Strawberry Sencha
Name: Strawberry Sencha
Kathy's Rating: 6.5/10.0
Company: Tealuxe
Origin of tea: Japan
Price: $5/50g (1.76oz)
Tea form: Loose sencha green tea with bits of strawberries
What they say: Rich Sencha leaf flavored with bits of strawberry and other red fruits. A delicious way to get to know green teas, but be careful, it's habit forming.
Preparation method: Pour slightly below boiling water over tea. Steep for 3 minutes.
Review: This tea was just a bit bitter, but I expected that from green tea. There's a very distinct strawberry taste which tells me that perhaps extra flavoring has been added. The sencha tea (a type of Japanese green tea) tastes clean and light. I probably would have rated this tea more highly if the strawberry taste was suggested, rather than so 'in my face'. It takes a long time to allow just the dried strawberry pieces to infuse their flavors into the dried tea leaves, so I can understand that adding natural flavors can cut down on that processing time. However, I think the longer process would make the strawberry taste more subtle, and thus, more enjoyable. Overall, this tea was not bad, but even a big strawberry fan like me thought the strawberry taste was a bit overwhelming.
Posted by Kathy at January 7, 2005 11:50 PM