The muskmelon is the ‘king of fruit’ in Japan and here, it flavours this Fukujuen Melon Sencha picked up from their store in Uji, Kyōto.
The tea is a tea bagged sencha scented with muskmelon.
Steeping 1 tea bag with 2 g of looseleaf in 200mL of water at 75°C for 70 seconds, the infusion was a clear pale yellow-green colour with a prominent vegetal nose. Served hot, pleasant and bright notes of melon with a gentle sweetness came through before mellowed by the more vegetal flavours of the sencha in the body that developed with a slight brothy flavour and leaves a lightly astringent finish with a faint melon background. Overall, this tea is balanced with the flavours of melon and sencha appearing in equal measure.
This Fukujuen Melon Sencha contained 5 tea bags or 10 g. The tea originated in Japan and was purchased in Kyōto, Japan in 2015.