Organic Uji Matcha Tenkei Hana

Description

What you have just found here is a very precious, 100% handpicked, traditionally farmed, certified ORGANIC matcha from Uji, Kyoto that should be prepared as koicha (thick matcha). Only the most prized top leaves of gokou tea bushes are carefully handpicked, and then processed and stone-ground into one of the finest ORGANIC matcha that Kyoto has to offer. Tenkei Hana is extremely aromatic and has the most lingering matcha scent when prepared. It has a distinctive complex taste that is full-bodied, rich, and mature, never chalky, bitter, bland, or solely sweet as so many matcha can be. The liquor color is a deep forest green and the aftertaste is thick, creamy, cleansing and endless. When it comes to ORGANIC matcha, it is easy to spot that Tenkei Hana is on a complete level of its own!

Why is Tenkei Matcha so special?

• 100% genuinely handpicked. Tea bushes are never machine harvested. • Grown at an authentic organic oishita-chaen (covered tea garden) with over 250 years of history. • Farm specializes in organic tencha. • Growers are professional artisan tencha farmers. • Tea gardens have been awarded for their outstanding tea bush varietals. • 100% grown on the single estate in Kyoto. • 100% pure stone-ground organic tencha. • Tencha is matured for a full 6 months. • One of only a few organic matcha in Japan that can be prepared and enjoyed as koicha (thick matcha). • Very limited. Never mass produced, quality is absolutely paramount. • Free from farm-to-farm, region-to-region, and tea shop/manufacture/merchant blending. • ORGANIC! JAS certified.

Images

PLEASE NOTE: The four proceeding images were taken under 95%+ shade. The first three images appear much brighter due to a high ISO speed being used on the camera that was used to take the pictures. Please see the fourth image for a more accurate feel of the actual degree of light. JAS certified organic oishita-chaen (covered tea garden)! Organic gokoh tea bushes shaded in mid-April: As you can see from the close-ups below there are not a great deal of new shoots on organic gokoh tea bushes. That's what makes Tenkei Hana so precious! Genuinely handpicked matcha is rare! Here you can see skilled workers handpicking leaves for our Tenkei matcha at the estate in mid-May: A more accurate feel of the actual degree of light once you have entered the oishita-chaen and your eyes adapt to the darkness:

Additional Information

First Harvest? Yes 100% Stone-ground? Yes, 100% Tea Bush Varietal(s) 100% Gokou Matcha Type: Koicha (thick matcha) Brewing Suggestion How To Make Matcha Green Tea Origin Uji, Kyoto, Japan NET Weight 30g (1.01oz) Certified Organic By JAS