Best Tea and Honey Earthiness and Umami in Tea
Pu Erh tea contains a heavy measure of earthy umami flavor
There is a quality, or flavor, in many foods called umami. You probably haven’t heard of it before, and the flavor was only discovered in 1908 by a Japanese chemist, Kikunae Ikeda. Since his initial work, the discovery of taste buds on the human tongue designed specifically to respond to the presence of umami has confirmed the existence of the flavor. Umami has been described as earthy and meaty, and the best examples of it are probably found in mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. Tea lovers will recognize the flavor from the “earthy” qualities of many white teas and Pu Erh teas, found here at our host’s online store! Compare the grassy and astringent flavors of green tea to a good, strong, meaty white tea, all available from our host, Red Leaf Tea, and learn more about umami today.