Black Tea Stems
茶梗
Black tea stems from the production of our 2020 Masu black teas. This is a mix of twigs, stems, and some leaves. They are broken up a bit, but still a take a bit of work to get in a gaiwan. Steeping times are quite a bit longer, and there are fewer steeps than normal tea leaves. The taste is quite like our other Masu black teas.
Gaiwan pictured with 5g of stems, and the first steep.