What Causes Some Matcha Flavors to Have a Chocolate Aroma?

Sometimes I am asked why I drink the teas that I drink, and it is a tough question to answer. Most of the time I struggled to define the flavor or perhaps the aroma. You have probably come across the words “umami” to describe flavor profiles of various Japanese green teas, for example, a kind of full flavor on your tongue (see What Does Umami Mean for Tea Drinking?).

I prefer “fresh” smelling teas and tend to use that accidentally in describing teas. Unfortunately throwing terms such as “umami” ...