Gyokuro is a highly prized Japanese Green Tea. Some consider it the most outstanding green tea of them all. It is a shaded tea like Matcha and has a sweet, delicate taste. Try also a Kukicha Gyokuro for a more robust version of the Tea - the included stems add to the taste.
After a beautiful trip to Wazuka to study Japanese Tea, we return full of wonder about the world of tea. Sencha is steamed to stop oxidation - unless it is not; sometimes it is pan-fired and sometimes roasted again. Japanese Tea is traditional and evolving!
Fall or Autumn is here, and so is the season's tea. The tea this month is deep-steamed- Fukamushi Fukasmushi and, prior to harvesting, the plants are covered - Kabuse. A Fukamushi Sencha, especially for Fall. Please give it a try and be surprised by the flavors of the autumn.
You selected the perfect tea; it has been delivered, and you're ready to prepare it for the first time. You measure out the exact amount of tea; your favorite kyusu is ready; it's good to go, and the temperature is set - but how is your water? is it soft or hard water? - does it matter?
