mitzuyan- really good tea

26 nisan 5781 

passover ended a few days ago so i thought it would be nice to celebrate one of the new years with something beautiful like the fruit blossoms that are out right now.

the LP hook up i got and wrote about mostly gave me duds. but as i said, i am not going to complain because it was a lot of tea for not a lot of money.

the one tea that stood out as my favorite by far was labeled '90’s jincha'. if i may quote a fantastic pop song ‘you’re from the 70’s but i’m a nineties bitch.’ which both this tea and myself are. 

 

it tasted old. it tasted like someone who has never used a computer let alone the internet. it tastes like a beautiful antique wooden armoire in your grandparents house. it tasted like some old library in a small town that is full of worn down wooden tables. it tastes musty, but it's that good musty. all of these things i love.

 

the tea did not go for many steeps, but oh well (factory tea?). there was some nice qi that was centering and relaxing but not overwhelming. that’s fine, im assuming its not a super fancy expensive tea. usually the mushroom shapes or the tuo chas are lesser grade stuff and i assume that’s what this was, but it was aged and stored very well (trad storage?). i saved the spent leaves to brew ‘grandpa style’ hoping i could get another good cup out of it because i didn’t want it to end. lo and behold it gave me a great cup to drink the next day.

 

i asked LP what the storage was and who manufactured it. he said lots of people have been asking about it because they also really like it and he said he would try to get some to sell on his site. i didn’t press for more info beyond that because i had already asked him a bunch of other questions about the other teas i got and he had given me lots of great info.

 

so if you see a ‘90’s Jincha’ on LiquidProusts’s website, buy it.

xoxo,

atzei besamim

*edit: 1 iyar, it was posted today, but it is $160/230g, which isn't cheap. it is a very good tea, but i dont think it's $160 good...