Review: Lupicia Fukamushi Sencha Matsuri
Green Tea, Japanese Tea, Lupicia Tea, Sencha Tea Add comments | "A convenient and decent-tasting sencha in tea-bag form, but it just can't compare to fresh, quality loose-leaf sencha."
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This Fukamushi Matsuri sencha from Lupicia is a tea bag “pyramid” but they also offer the same tea in loose form, although the tea in the pyramid looked very “dusty” and in fact the inside of the foil packet had a lot of tea specs in it, compared to the picture of the loose tea on their website.
The brewed tea is a light neon green color with lots of little specs floating around. Smelling the teabag in my pot I got a really familiar smell of fruit rollup and that distinctive sencha smell. It has a good sweetness to it but it is a little too astringent for my tastes with Japanese tea. Just a little bit of creaminess in the aftertaste. There was a good bit of green gunk in the bottom of the cup and I suspect this is due to the quality of tea in the bag. There were practically no full leafs at all and the specks with maybe a little bit bitter than dust. It would be interesting to see the actual loose tea verses the tea in these bags in person. I got two decent steeps out of the teabag and overall the flavor isn’t bad but for Japanese tea its nothing like fresh quality sencha. If you want sencha you can take with you, it would probably be much better to buy the loose tea and make your own teabags. Being individually wrapped is quite convenient though.
— To purchase Lupicia Fukamushi Sencha Matsuri, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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June 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Fukamushi sencha matsuri is deep steamed causing the more powdered appearance to the tea. I’m rather surprised you got much astringency out of it though, although it is a bit difficult of a tea to steep due to the fine nature of it. Out of curiosity what were your brewing params?
August 4th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I agree with Pentox. Fukamushi means deep steamed in Japanese therefore it is expected to be more powdery than a lightly steamed tea having a cloudier liquor as well. I would like to hear your steeping params as well. If you weren’t happy with that tea you should try some Gyokuro or teas from Kagoshima Japan like Chiran. They are sweeter in nature in the finish.