Kettl Tsuchiyama review
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- Brand
- Kettl
- Origin
- Tsuchiyama, Shiga
- Grade
- Premium
- Cultivars
- Okumidori
- Sizes
- 20g, 40g, 100g
- Description
Applewood, Macadamia, Husk cherry
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Shiga Okumidori, exactly what I look for
This is the kind of listing that gets me every time. Single-cultivar Okumidori grown in Tsuchiyama in Shiga instead of the usual Uji suspects, made by a level-9 chashi at a house that's been at it since the 1800s. It's legit. Nutty and herbaceous with a quiet fruit note, and that long finish Kettl promises is no joke, it sits on the back of the palate well after you swallow. I go light, about 2g in 3oz, partly to stretch a 20g tin and partly because it has enough going on that it doesn't need to be so concentrated. The only catch is price. At $1.90 a gram this is a treat tin, not a daily sipper, and I can name cheaper teas that get me 80 percent of the way there. But you're paying for terroir you can't get anywhere else, and once in a while that's worth it to me.
meli55Branching out from Yame into Shiga?!
Okay so I basically only buy Kettl for their Yame and Uji stuff, but a single-cultivar Okumidori out of Shiga caught my eye and I caved lol. SO glad I did!! The macadamia note on the tin actually comes through, it's nutty and a little sweet with this finish that just hangs around forever. There's a soft fruity thing going on too, almost like the husk cherry they list. It's lighter and brighter than my usual thick Yame picks, not as umami-heavy, but the nuttiness is exactly my lane so I'm not mad at all. At $1.90 a gram it's not cheap, but I've paid Kettl prices for way less interesting cups. Branching out from Fukuoka into Shiga of all places, who knew.
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