Gyokuro Wakana ("Wakana" = jap. for "young green") is a fully shaded (Gyokuro) tea in Shincha quality (Shincha = fresh first flush) harvested during the first days of the early picking season. Home of this tea is the prefecture of Kagoshima in the south of Japan. The special character of the early picking, several weeks of full shading before the…
This year, KEIKO Tea's Shincha Classic combines the flavors of two different cultivars: Yutaka Midori (70%) and Sae Midori (30%). The combination results in a full-bodied, soft aroma with fine umami. For more information, please refer to the detailed product description below.
Shincha Gyokuro Kirisakura ("Kirisakura" = jap. for "cherry blossoms in the fog") is a fully shaded (Gyokuro) tea in Shincha quality (Shincha = fresh first flush) harvested during the first days of the early picking. Home of this tea is the prefecture of Kagoshima in the south of Japan. The special character of the early picking, the tea gardens' location…
Fresh from the first spring picking at the Fujiwara's organic tea farm in Yakushima, a small island off the larger island of Kyushu on the southernmost tip of Japan. Only the youngest buds and leaves are picked for the slightly steamed, single-variety (Jabukita) Shincha Yakushima with its soft green, clear cup colour. The result is a pleasantly light-footed, sweetish-floral aroma.…
When opening the bag, Shincha Yume 2023 exudes the typical dreamlike and unmistakable scent of the eponymous cultivar Yume Kaori (="dream aroma"). Due to the addition of Sae Midori (="clear green") and the strong steaming, it also has an even higher extract content and a correspondingly more intense, deep green cup color than last year. On the tongue, its velvety…
