The pale yellow liquor caught me off guard—I kept expecting green tea color, but that albino cultivar gives it this delicate, almost sweet character instead. Second steep opened up even nicer than the first.
Owen C.★★★★★
Steeped this at 175°F for two minutes and got a pale gold cup with a sweet, almost hay-like finish and zero bitterness. Knowing the leaves stay that yellowish-white because the cultivar can't make chlorophyll makes every sip feel a little special.
Ruby★★★★★
The albino leaves are what got me — you can actually see they never went green, all pale and yellowish in the tin. Steeped light, sweet, with none of the grassiness I expected from a green tea.