“I might have botched the brewing on the infusions a few times but this tea is still very good. The first infusion, I followed their directions but think I cooled the water just a tad too much and...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you to Yunomi.us for this sample which was included with an order a few months ago. Crisp dark green needle leaves mixed with a few light yellow green stems. They have a very sweet honeydew...” Read full tasting note
The most common type of tea plant in Japan is the Yabukita cultivar, said to make up 80% of Japan’s sencha production. Developed by research Hikosaburo Sugiyama in 1954 at the Shizuoka Prefectural Tea Industry Laboratory, it was selected as the recommended tea plant for the prefecture, and over the decades was adopted across Japan. In 1999, as much as 95.6% of Japan’s tea farms cultivated tea from the Yabukita tea plant cultivar. Yabukita is so highly utilized because it produces a very good quality leaf in addition to adapting well to various climates, soils, and producing a high yield.
PRODUCT INFO
NAME Yabukita Midori First Flush
INGREDIENTS 100% Shizuoka-grown organic tea leaves
HARVEST PERIOD Early May harvest
CULTIVATION NOTES Pesticide free. Fertilized with organic compost.
PRODUCER Toshiaki Kinezuka
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