This morning I woke up craving green tea. As much as I love black tea, it simply wouldn't do. I wanted a lovely, light green tea. After going through the tea cupboard(s) I couldn't find anything that tickled my fancy, but delving into my sample jar, I found this gorgeous tea.
It's a fabulous green Cherry Sencha green tea by a tea company that is new to me, Cheshire Tea.
This wonderful blend was sent to me through the excellent tea subscription service by teatourist.
If you'd like to know more about teatourist please have a read of the post I wrote about the service at the end of last year.
I absolutely love green tea. I am as much obsessed with green tea as I am with black tea, albeit for vastly different reason's. I very much appreciate that green tea isn't for everyone, but for me, there is nothing more delightful then it's earthy qualities. I love how you can get a good, strong, robust green tea and you can get blends that are as light as air. It is, I think, a thing of beauty.
As much as I love a nice, strong, gunpowder green for example, there is something equally mouthwatering about a nice green tea that is lightly scented with flavours. Of course, not all flavours work with green tea, I'm not a huge fan of peach in green tea, for example, however, cherry is one flavour that works hand in hand with green tea.
Cheshire Tea have created a wonderful blend of tea with their Cherry Sencha.
The blend is a delight to experience from the moment you open the pack. I love the very large, dark green leaves that look as though they were picked only yesterday. Within the blend you have dots of pink from the rose petal's and red from the cherry. Attractive, pretty and very lovely to smell, too!
I infused the tea for around three minutes and the picture above does it no justice, but it brews to a gorgeous, light honey colour. Very inviting indeed.
Oh, and before I forget, this is a tea that (due to my error when first infusing) doesn't take well to boiling hot water, so either switch the kettle off before it reaches boiling point, or boil the kettle and wait for a few minutes for the water to cool. If you burn the leaves, this tea can go bitter so that's a handy tip there!
When I finally prepared the sencha tea properly (I was only half awake at my first attempt) I sat down to enjoy it with some breakfast and it truly is a delightful blend. The green tea is smooth, gentle and just perfect not only for this time of year when the weather is getting warmer, but it's ideal for that first cup of tea when you fancy something a wee bit different from your usual black tea.
The cherry flavouring is just gorgeous. It's subtle which is good as it makes for a evenly balanced experience. Sometimes with green tea, the green tea is too strong and washes the flavour out, likewise sometimes too much flavouring is added that you can't taste the tea - this blend is mixed just perfectly so you experience the lovely, natural flavour of the tea, with the juciy, ripe flavour of freshly picked cherries.
I have always believed that with green tea you should always buy the very best quality you can afford. Not that there is anything "bad" or "wrong" with popping along to the supermarket and picking a box off the shelves. However, as a true tea lover I will admit that the difference in quality is staggering. To enjoy green tea in it's purest form you are better off, I feel, to go to those online sellers who specialise, or who at least have expertise in the field of green tea. And it's blends like this cherry sencha that prove my point. You won't get anything like this in your supermarket.You truly won't.
I was really won over by this blend. Like I said earlier, I believe this is my first taste of Cheshire Tea and was impressed. They bring to you a delight, light and easy to drink green tea. Perfect for beginners, satisfying for those green tea nuts, such as I.
Such a impression has it made that I'm off for a second cup now. And I know that I will enjoy it!
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