As part of my matcha taste tests that I mentioned last week, we are on tea #2. I talked to my good friend KingKoh about different matcha and he brought up that hoarding matcha is not good. The reason for this is after it is open it starts to oxidize and loose its fullness. I try to keep this in mind when I am getting new matcha. With that right now I have three- four open right now and in room temperature. With that said I have been trying to drink them all up. Once they are done I have a closed can of Camillia Sinensis' Matcha Sendo in the freezer waiting.
Aoarashi from Ko no en (Marukyu Koymaen), the lowest ceremonial grade they have on their website. This tin is 40g of delicious matcha. I got this one from e-bay from a seller who lives within Toronto somewhere.
I will admit this tea I have been hoarding and it is not in
its best state. Even still I can not pass up this tea when given the chance.
The taste in the mouth and lingering after taste were
the similar , just a touch weaker. Notes of dark chocolate develop after tea has
been swallowed. The taste reminds me of the dry sweets that go with Japanese
tea, higashi.
As you can see it would not whisk properly. This is a good reason not to let matcha sit around for too long. Although unlike our previous tea from Teavana, this one held together very well. This means it mixed well but just could not create a froth.
Ko no En's tea is from Uji, Kyoto. Ko no en is a distributor of Marukyu Koymaen tea here in Toronto. I am lead to believe that the e-bay seller may be part of Ko no En, but they do not say so.
With Kohei's post in mind, I still prefer Uji matcha. The taste is far more complex in the mouth and lingers for a long time. This tea although is fairly cheep on e-bay, it goes for $16.00CDN. Going back to Kohei's post price does not determine quality. This one has similar notes to Yugen from the same company but is much easier on my wallet. Let's see what our next tea has to offer, join me next week for part three.
How do you store your matcha ?
As you can see it would not whisk properly. This is a good reason not to let matcha sit around for too long. Although unlike our previous tea from Teavana, this one held together very well. This means it mixed well but just could not create a froth.
Ko no En's tea is from Uji, Kyoto. Ko no en is a distributor of Marukyu Koymaen tea here in Toronto. I am lead to believe that the e-bay seller may be part of Ko no En, but they do not say so.
With Kohei's post in mind, I still prefer Uji matcha. The taste is far more complex in the mouth and lingers for a long time. This tea although is fairly cheep on e-bay, it goes for $16.00CDN. Going back to Kohei's post price does not determine quality. This one has similar notes to Yugen from the same company but is much easier on my wallet. Let's see what our next tea has to offer, join me next week for part three.
How do you store your matcha ?
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