Green

Grass & leaf

fresh grasshaystraw

Vegetables

spinachpeasasparagus

Sea

seaweedsea air

Often found in

• Bai Mu Dan · White tea · 80–85°C
  Floral and lightly sweet, with notes of hay and ripe fruit.
• Sencha · Green tea · 70–75°C
  Fresh and grassy, with umami and a slightly astringent finish. Think spinach and seaweed.
• Gyokuro · Green tea · 50–60°C
  Intensely umami and sweet, almost brothy, with little bitterness.
• Matcha · Green tea · 70–80°C
  Creamy, umami and grassy, with a sweet undertone.
• Longjing · Green tea · 75–80°C
  Nutty and sweet, with notes of chestnut and a fresh, light bitterness.
• Genmaicha · Green tea · 80–85°C
  Savoury and toasty, with a fresh green undertone.
• Sheng pu-erh (raw) · Pu-erh · 90–95°C
  Young: fresh, spicy and bitter. Aged: deep, sweet and complex.