This tea is very nice. The variety is supposed to be a cross between a Japanese sencha tea variety and a Chinese type. This one has a decent amount of umami, and complex flavor notes. When the tea cools a bit, the Chinese part is detected and noticeable. Very unique tea, and now in my rotation.

Fabulous value with a really pleasant sweetness

Really good sencha! It has thick, sweet and fresh, slightly roasty aroma. I like to steep it in low temperature for a long time. Typically 60C/2min. With long and cold steep, it turns out really sweet and thick with fruity notes. If it's steeped like sencha it turns out fresh, grassy and sweet. It's also rather easy sencha. It won't turn bitter if steeped little longer. It does well even with doake filter, so the leaf particles are relatively big.

This was my first shincha! Very reasonable price and a nice sweet smell. It does lean a bit toward medium steamed in terms of particle size - but you should b able to brew in any teapot and the flavor is light and fresh.