{"id":2958,"date":"2016-06-28T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2016-06-29T20:54:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T00:54:33","slug":"tea-time-caesars-tea-sencha-kyoto-cherry-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/tea-time-caesars-tea-sencha-kyoto-cherry-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Time – Caesar’s Sencha Kyoto Cherry Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caesar’s Tea is a local company that has displays of all sorts of amazing loose-leaf teas in higher-end supermarkets here in Quebec. I’d been curious about them for a while but never found myself picking anything up, for some reason. At least, that was true until I found their\u00a0Caesar’s Tea Sencha Kyoto Cherry Rose<\/a>\u00a0at a store near me and decided to take the plunge. I love green teas and sakura flavour, so I figured even if it wasn’t fantastic\u00a0it would still be enjoyable at the very least.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I had no reason to be concerned. The tea is delicious<\/em>. It’s a delicate green tea with actual flower\u00a0petals and a very light floral scent from the cherry blossoms and roses. It’s subtle, and not remotely artificial or overly sugary – definitely a hint of sakura but it’s delicate\u00a0enough that it never risks overpowering or overwhelming the tea flavour in the least. It’s delicious alone, or with a bit of honey if you like your teas sweet. It’s even pretty to look at, with the soft pink flower petals. And since it’s been such a hot summer, you’ll be thrilled to know that it’s also great iced, or mixed with coconut milk<\/p>\n

The only thing I would caution you about is that like any true green tea, it does tend to get a little bitter if you use boiling water or steep it too long. Just be sure you stop your kettle before it reaches a rolling boil, and don’t steep it for more than a couple of minutes and it will be great. I would even say it’s almost<\/em> over-steeped in the photos below, but it didn’t bring out any noticeable bitter taste.<\/p>\n\n\t\t