Country of Origin: Japan
Region: Shizuoka & Kagoshima Prefecture
Grade: Sencha
Altitude: 500 - 1500 ft. above sea level
Manuf. Type: Orthodox
Infusion: Tending light liquoring, smooth with depth and body.
Ingredients: Premium green tea
Character: A distinctive fresh, light, green taste without being overly grassy.

Contains ultra-high antioxidant levels vs 5-6% for mass-market teas.

This became an instant favorite with us. It has a distinctive fresh, light, green taste without being overly grassy. We've found it very difficult to prepare a poor tasting cup of our newest and finest sencha. Its a rare sencha picked in limited quantities from two type of Kanaya Midori bushes and is said to have superior flavor, taste, color and aroma. An early-April, first crop sencha harvested from leaves in the Kagoshima and Shizuoka regions. The growing climate produces a deep rich aroma and taste and a bright green tea color. The first crop of the four annual harvests is considered best when tea leaves are younger and softer. Produced under ISO 14001 Certified Environmental Management Standards.

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Hot Tea: This tea is best enjoyed by pouring 176F/80C water over the leaves (2 teaspoons per cup) for 40 seconds (longer=stronger). Don't remove the leaves. Can be infused repeatedly 2-3 times using higher temperatures & shorter infusions until flavor is exhausted.

Iced Tea: Pour 1 1/4 cups of hot water over 6 teaspoons of tea and steep for 5 minutes. Pour into pitcher while straining leaves, add ice and top up with cold water to make a quart of iced tea. Garnish and sweeten to taste.