EPTOn April 01 2011 04:53 deafhobbit wrote:
Matcha actually is green tea, there's no "close enough" about it. Throughout tea's history, how it has been processed and served has varied. Originally, it was mostly baked into bricks and broken off into chunks before being steeped. Then, people started making it into a powder, and frothing it into water. Finally, people began roasting the leaves, and just steeping them directly. Matcha is just green tea processed in the second way, but it's still 100% tea.
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Matcha actually is green tea, there's no "close enough" about it. Throughout tea's history, how it has been processed and served has varied. Originally, it was mostly baked into bricks and broken off into chunks before being steeped. Then, people started making it into a powder, and frothing it into water. Finally, people began roasting the leaves, and just steeping them directly. Matcha is just green tea processed in the second way, but it's still 100% tea.
Yeah in a matter of speaking you could say matcha is more of a tea then most other teas since you drink the entire leaf.
On April 01 2011 05:18 Chuiu wrote:
I'm about to try a cup of jasmine green tea for the first time and without even drinking it I'm not getting a good first impression. It smells a lot like a cat litter box ... after something has gone down ... Alright so it doesn't taste like it smells. Thats a good thing, for sure. But I'm not digging this flavor at all. You guys can keep your jasmine. I think I'll try some rooibos next.
I'm about to try a cup of jasmine green tea for the first time and without even drinking it I'm not getting a good first impression. It smells a lot like a cat litter box ... after something has gone down ... Alright so it doesn't taste like it smells. Thats a good thing, for sure. But I'm not digging this flavor at all. You guys can keep your jasmine. I think I'll try some rooibos next.
Now thats not actually tea in a strict sense.
Also if you have good jasmine green tea, it should smell very sweet (like jasmine).
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