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What-Cha Vietnam Ta Jin Xuan Green tea
Origin:
Hong Than I, Tan Cuong, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
Harvest:
Spring, March 2015
Cultivar:
Hybrid of Ta & Jin Xuan
Like
always when I am facing an ever growing mountain of un-sampled teas I randomly
decided to try one today, and by random I mean I threw about 30 packets in a
box and picked whichever one I found on top.
I had a rather interesting Lotus Scented Vietnamese green tea recently and was looking forward to trying more of What-Chas new Vietnamese teas. While I
did like what Alistair sourced last year of the new 2015teas I tried so far I’ve
been very impressed at how much better they are. I am curious if this will be
an improvement on some of the greens from last year (1 2)
which were nice, but a little on the bitter side which I could see turning many
off. While I did consider buying another sample of the teas from the Discover
Vietnam sampler (namely the Flowery Oolong and the Wild Silver Needle White
tea) I have yet to purchase any of them again (and I just realized I never got
to write my thoughts on two of the teas of the Discover Vietnam sampler).
Nevertheless What-Cha describes this as:
A splendid Vietnamese green tea with the creamy
tones associated with Jin Xuan coupled with the powerful grassy strength of
typical Vietnamese greens, very much living up to the high reputation of its
parents.Ta Jin Xuan is a great example of the tea experimentation currently ongoing
within Vietnam, it is a hybridisation of the native Vietnamese tea cultivar
'Ta' (meaning 'our' in Vietnamese) and the famed Taiwanese cultivar 'Jin Xuan'. Sourced direct from the Trong branch of the Vu family who operate a number of
small farms around Vietnam, with one family member typically managing a single
farm. The Vu family were one of the first to cultivate tea in Thai Nguyen, now
considered one of the foremost Vietnamese tea regions.
Dry Leaves: The dry leaves
have a slight ashy color although it is still very obvious there is some green
in there. There is a slight chocolatey scent reminiscent of some Long Jings.
The leaves are both twisted and slightly coiled.
First Steeping
Temperature:
167oF
Brewing
Time: Fifteen Seconds
Aroma:
Grassy
Flavor:
Fresh Cut Grass and Spinach
Tasting
Notes: It starting out a little simple, but still a very nice tea so far; there
is not much to the aroma although it is apparent, but it quickly fades away. This
is a very grassy tea, but there is a bit of sweetness in there. It was
interesting that this felt grassier than a Korean green and Japanese green even
though it lacks both astringency and bitterness.
Second Steeping
Temperature:
170oF
Brewing
Time: Thirty Seconds
Aroma:
Grassy
Flavor:
Fresh Cut Grass, Spinach and Dry Stray
Tasting
Notes: Not much is going on here that is different from the last infusion. I
rather like this tea so far, but there is a strange thickish mouthfeel to this.
It is a little on the thick side for a green tea, but pales in comparison to many
Oolongs. The mouthfeel is not entirely pleasant nor is it unpleasant, it is a
just strange for a green tea in my opinion.
Third Steeping
Temperature:
175oF
Brewing
Time: Forty-Five Seconds
Aroma:
Grassy
Flavor:
Fresh Cut Grass, Spinach and Dry Stray
Tasting
Notes: Not much of a change from the last infusion, the aroma still is weak and
does not improve much from here on. I almost wanted to describe this as a
lackluster tea because of how very simple it is, but there is something pleasant
about this tea. Ordinarily I write off as simple teas as this one, in fact I
had quite a few senchas that I decided against writing anything on because of
their simplicity, but I decided to write on this even though I have very little
to say about it because of how comforting this is. It sort of reminds me of
chicken noodle soup, despite its plainness this is a very good tea.
At
the time of writing this What-Cha is currently selling this for $6.86 for 50g
and is well worth the price if you are looking for a nice simple daily drinker,
you should probably avoid it if you are looking for something more complex
although this is pretty good for the price it is being sold at.
It's nice to see a new post from you come in my feed. It's been a while! What-Cha definitely has knack for sourcing unique teas from regions that you don't really see represented by other vendors.
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