An extra early harvest from the popular tea farm on Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, Japan, this blend by farmer Watanabe-san is an exquisite taste of umami as a lightly steamed sencha. Package may differ from photo.

Ingredients: Green tea
Cultivars: Kuritawase, Asatsuyu.
Harvest: Early April
Region: Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, Japan
Steaming: Asamushi, or lightly steamed. This results a leaf that is kept more intact than longer steaming, and therefore results in a clearer, liquid that extracts more slowly from the leaf for multiple steepings. This type of steaming is usually reserved for higher quality leaf.
Organic certification: Note to wholesale customers, this product is grown and processed to JAS organic certification. Please contact us for proper organic export documentation. Minimum purchase may be required.

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Steeping recommendation

We recommend the warm water steeping method for this Yakushima Shincha. Steep it in a small amount at low temperature to enjoy the umami flavors more distinctly, then again at higher temperatures to release more flavors.

First steeping

Tea: 5 grams
Time: 90 seconds
Water: 65C/150F degrees, 200 ml

Second steeping

Time: 10 seconds (the tea is primed at this point so will extract flavor immediately)
Water: 80C/176F degrees, 200 ml

Third & fourth steeping

Time: 30-60 seconds
Water: 90C/195F degrees, 200 ml