Cha - tea
Aracha - Crude tea
Fukamushicha - deep-steamed Sencha
Konacha - powder tea
Kukicha - twig tea
Tokusen - specially selected
In general, Aracha is a unsorted tea, awaiting further processing and grading, that comprises leaves, twigs, stems, buds, etc. However, the description on the package of this Aracha tea states that "this is a presorted blend of first picked tea. It is Fukamushicha blended with Kukicha and Konacha." It sounds like reverse engineering!
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| Aracha |
Dry Leaf: The blended stems, powder and leaves have pleasant notes of seaweed.
Wet Leaf: The brewed leaves certainly remind one of chicken liver pate.
Liquor: Seaweed and astringency would be the words to describe the olive green brew. It is bold.
Tee Score: 3 out of 5
