Uji Jubuzan sencha aracha 2020 hojo

Vendor:

Jubuzan (鷲峰山 682m) is a mountain located between the Wazika (和束町) and Uji Dawara (宇治田原). Once upon a time, these places were the bottom part of the Biwa Lake.

We choose tea from the garden which practices natural-farming method. The natural-farming means using no fertilizer and no pesticide. Most of those natural farms do not even remove grasses in order to maintain ecological balance and keep the soil healthy

Aracha refers to the freshly produced tea on the same day when it is plucked

The Uji Sencha Jubuzan is completely an aracha. We only remove the dust and foreign object and then reduce the moisture content. This is the crude taste of tea that is freshly processed from a tea factory.

Review:

Long yellowish leaves. Little smell.

In 100 mL kobiwako, 3 g/ 100 mL

90 C: 30s, flash, flash, flash, 30s, 1 min, 2 min

And then off boiling: 5 min, 5 min, 10 min

First infusion was a bit dull. Comparable to spent and oversteeped gaoshan

Second steep was eye popping! Very hard to describe but it is like entering an herb garden. There are some celery and minty notes as well as a subtle butteriness. Very little typical umami. No bitterness

After third flash steeping, i thought the flavor was a bit flat so i did 30s. The flavor returns with deeper intensity!

The longer off boiling infusions were also very surprising: deep complex vegetal flavors and an animal like muskiness!

Could have infused even further but had to stop due to time constraint.

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