Yunomi Monthly Mystery Tea Sampler’s Club: NaturaliTea #01 – Organic Handpicked Midori First Flush

by liberteas

HandpickedMidoriFirstFlush

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green

Where to Buy:  Yunomi

Tea Description:

2013 harvest from Naturalitea. Handpicked from a select number of the Kinezuka family and partners’ best fields at the very beginning of the shincha season this is the youngest tea leaf you can find.

Learn more about this tea here.

Learn more about Yunomi’s Monthly Mystery Tea Sampler’s Club here.

Taster’s Review:

I know that I’ve mentioned before just how much I love receiving a monthly mystery tea sampler’s club package from Yunomi every month.  And this Organic Midori First Flush tea from NaturaliTea (if you’re looking on the website, this is the #01 tea from NaturaliTea) is an example of why I love receiving these teas.  This is SO fresh.  I absolutely love it when I can see and taste the freshness in a tea.

The color of the dry leaf is so vibrant and they are a dark, forest-y green.  I can smell the vegetal quality of these leaves, it smells like something in between just-cut spring grass, freshly steamed vegetables and kelp.  It has that aroma that is just ALIVE with vegetation.

And the flavor is equally as fresh tasting.  It has a sweetness to it and a sharp bitter taste of a good quality Japanese green tea.  The bitterness offers a really lovely, savory contrast to the sweetness of the young leafy taste.  I like the balance of savory to sweet here … it is neither too sweet nor too bitter … it is just a pleasure to sip!

It has a light, brothy character to it … it just FEELS good when I drink it … I can feel it rejuvenate me as I sip.  It tastes fresh and it refreshes the palate as it washes over the tongue.  This tea … just speaks to me of springtime:  from the taste of the young leaves of the spring harvest to the fresh fragrance and flavor.  It is a very refreshing beverage!

liberteas

Anne (aka the Mad Tea Artist) has celebrated her 29th birthday for many years now. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her hubby and her youngest daughter. Her oldest daughter is married and has bestowed Anne with the proud title of "Gramma" and her grandson is about the cutest boy you ever did see. Anne started her journey with tea as a casual drinker and became more serious about her tea drinking when she realized that she couldn't drink coffee. Shortly thereafter, she started becoming obsessed with the beverage and she started creating small-batch, artisan blends of tea that she sold online as LiberTEAS. After a few years, she realized she wasn't cut out to be the sole proprietor of a business so she closed LiberTEAS and started reviewing teas online. She met Jennifer through another blog that they both reviewed for and they decided to start their own review blog. This review blog! Throughout her journey as a tea reviewer, she discovered 52Teas and became enamored with the idea of creating a new tea every week. When the founder of 52Teas decided he wanted to move on, he offered the business to Anne but knowing that she wasn't cut out to be a sole proprietor, she instead offered the company to her oldest daughter who employs her as the Mad Tea Artist for 52Teas!

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