Dry leaf: Very dark, needle shape, very good for a quality sencha. The smell is a bomb of freshness
The texture of the first infusion was not thick, very smooth and too light yet flavorful, lack of astringency. It has the usual vegetal flavor yabukita gives and also it was quite sweet and not even bitter something usual a classic yakubita sencha gives. It is very high quality tea. I'd prefer it thicker, but you can use higher temperature up to 65°C, almost 70°C, so it makes it thicker like the ...