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sleepyredmoo
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Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada
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 Posted: Jul 24, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: aracha |
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| does anyone know what aracha is, there is a place near me that says they're selling it. they also have shincha and matcha too so i am wondering if this is an actual type of tea, or just their name for one of there sencha |
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Oni
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| Hibiki-an sold aracha, and sells it in shincha season under the name of farmers shincha, I tried it, it`s light flowery, I mean very light. |
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sleepyredmoo
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2008 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| i got a free sample of it, but i have yet to try it, i will tomorrow though. |
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maddawg
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Brought some and didn't care for it by itself. Light and not green at all. It's great for iced tea though. I combined the aracha and roiboss tea together for a very tasty mixed tea. |
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Chip
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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I posted about this not too long ago...
Anyway, it is sometimes sold as farmer's tea or similar.
But aracha is basically leaf that has been processed all the way up to before sorting. So it will contain differing sizes of leaf particals and veins and stems.
Aracha that was not packaged and sold right away as shincha is cold stored in sealed "bales" up to the time it is needed. At that time it goes through final sorting and grading and packaging for final sale.
It is more efficient to store it this way..and cost effective. |
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sleepyredmoo
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Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Chip wrote: | I posted about this not too long ago...
Anyway, it is sometimes sold as farmer's tea or similar.
But aracha is basically leaf that has been processed all the way up to before sorting. So it will contain differing sizes of leaf particals and veins and stems.
Aracha that was not packaged and sold right away as shincha is cold stored in sealed "bales" up to the time it is needed. At that time it goes through final sorting and grading and packaging for final sale.
It is more efficient to store it this way..and cost effective. |
ok thanks for the info  |
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petermain
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| its sold as farmer's tea because many farmers and producers often use aracha as their everyday tea. Persomally I prefer it to teas that have been further processed as it has a more 'organic' look and taste |
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Chip
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| petermain wrote: | | its sold as farmer's tea because many farmers and producers often use aracha as their everyday tea. Persomally I prefer it to teas that have been further processed as it has a more 'organic' look and taste |
I definitely prefer final processed Japanese teas. The aracha I have tried thus far simply did not thrill me at all. The flavor profile seemed confused. A expertly final processed/sorted sencha for instance seems to be much better overall. |
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