Nishi First Flush Sencha
Organic Steamed Green Tea
About this Product
Caffeine
Origin
About this Product
The Nishi family's teas are celebrated throughout Japan for their exquisite quality and dedication to organic cultivation techniques and masterful cultivar selection. We have partnered with the Nishi family for over a decade of sustainable tea farming, working with them to establish some of the first organic tea farms in southern Japan. This is Nishi's premier chumushi style steamed sencha with a bright, lively character that is only found in the first flush. The "first flush" refers to the first harvests of the spring season when new tea buds emerge and tea plants awake from winter dormancy. At this time, the bushes sprout up with great vigor and yield the richest, most balanced teas. Vivid and juicy, Nishi First Flush Sencha presents a dewy umami flavor and smooth mouthfeel.
Tasting Notes
Refreshing and brisk with a pleasant bitter-sweetness, deep umami flavor and a greenish-golden infusion color
Ingredients
Preparation
Traditional Preparation
Reviews
Reviews
Lovely morning cup of tea
I drink lots of green tea and Nishi First Flush Sencha is terrific. It's a vibrant color with a rich
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and smooth taste. Important to follow the recommended steeping temperature and duration. It's one of my most favorite options for my morning green tea routine. I tend to resteep two additional cups each morning and I still love the flavors.
Bridgette Mariea
My go to tea
If I were not able to obtain any of the many wonderful GardenDirect teas, didn't enjoy experimenting
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so much, and had to pick one tea for a daily tea, this Nishi First Flush Sencha would be my pick. One thing I've learned, though, after brewing my tea per direction and many experiments: for my taste, 6 grams of tea at 150 degrees for one minute brews a result that is warm, rich, and incredibly tasty. I recommend it for any green Japanese tea.
Jim
Strong, Flat Taste
I actually prefer the cheaper Sencha Superior. That has more grassy top notes and some astringency. The
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Nishi First Flush Sencha has more of a strong, flat vegetal taste. It almost tastes like a fukamushi style sencha but the description says it's asamush style steaming.
Dennis
Lovely Sencha tea
I love Sencha tea. This one I have just tried and it is really something else. So fresh tasting and not
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over cooked. Quite lovely and rejuvenating. I think it is my favourite now.
Louise Forscher
An enlivening and refreshing green tea with a rich savory-sweet flavor and creamy mouthfeel
Fresh, grassy high notes with a smooth body, savory flavor and crisp finish