This Jagasilk Okumidori Okubo by the Takaki family is currently unlisted at Jagasilk but was that complimentary tin of freshly roasted and ground on site matcha. It was milled just days before my order! It’s from the single estate line at Jagasilk from my absolute favourite matcha growing region- Hoshino. This was a very deliberate and thoughtful gift and I am so thankful.
I was educated in matcha initially in the traditional teahouses of South Korea where they most definitely overlook Japanese Tradition for price/quality. Most Teahouses that I frequented much preferred Yame in this regard. So I suppose I have a bit of taste for such things as well personally traveling to Yame… so I’m a bit bias…
I have many memories in Jagasilk’s early days at the Jagasilk tea bar of me trying unsuccessfully to convince Jarred and Miyuki to source from Hoshino when they were, like most Western matcha drinkers at the time, awestruck by Uji .
Here we go…
The powder and prepared matcha is an atypical very dark deep green!
Very chalky mouthfeel with berries and slight cut grass and spinach - layers of berries raspberries predominate. Nice sweet-bitter-chalky balance that features flavour over bitter or sweetness- mainly chalky with flavour. Qi pooling in the back of head and focused eyes. Nice matcha as everyday wake-up with its moderate focusing energy! I can’t stop drinking this matcha… so good!
Peace
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