Hello Usenet,
My wife recently attended a restaurant in Perth, Western Australia, and ordered a tea that was labelled as "Chinese Sencha Tea". The brew was an amber colour and had a taste that, while not sweet, lacked any of the bitterness of traditional green tea. The flavour also had apricot undertones.
Can anyone help us identify the exact type of tea, and possibly a supplier?
Thanks,
Denys Williams
It sounds as if what you're looking for is Chinese green tea made by steaming (as in Japanese sencha) rather baking or frying the leaves. You might find tea like this under the rubric Yu Lu (Chinese characters 玉露) or Zheng Qing (蒸青). It's also possible that Jin Shan Shi Yu (金 山时雨) is made by steaming, but I'm not sure.
/Lew
Hello Denys, I buy my Sencha tea(teabags and loose) at T2 and find these very enjoyable. Suggest you contact your T2 store at:
Garden City Shopping Centre, Shop 71,
125 Risley St Booragoon 6154 Phone: 08 9315 1470or check out their web site: wwwT2tea.com
Good luck, hope you find what you are looking for.
Hi Denys
I think you are talking about Puerh tea.
if you like to learn more about this kind of tea, you can refer to the book:the First step to Chinese Pu-erh Tea.
Enjoy, TEAroma
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