Best Tea and Honey More Exotics: Japan’s Mu Tea # 16
As one might expect of the country that gave the world the tea ceremony, tea is a serious business in Japan, and it is not unusual for Japanese tea manufacturers to hire tea designers to assemble new and intriguing blends. In this case, George Osaka gets the credits for inventing Mu Tea #16! Our host, Red Leaf Tea, now features Japanese Mu Tea #16 among it’s more exotic offerings. This brew is a tisane, meaning that it has no true tea leaves in it, but is instead a blend of herbs, leaves and roots of other plants. With a strong resemblance to a mild and curried apple tea, dominated by a ginseng flavor, Mu Tea #16 is very different from the green and black tea most of us enjoy. It will serve best as an appertif, or as an accompaniment with a main course of Oriental food. Buy some here, for an exotic change of pace!