Organic Kagoshima Sencha Kirishima No Kaori

NOTE: If you order this sencha now, you'll receive 2012 shincha (new harvest tea)!

This particular organic green tea, entitled Kirishima No Kaori (Fragrance of Kirishima), is a high quality light steamed asamushi sencha hailing from the famous mountainous area of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture. It's made from a select lot of first harvest young Spring Yabukita leaves cultivated, processed, and packaged at the one long established, organic, family owned, tea plantation in the mountains of Kirishima. The following is an image of the actual Yabukita tea garden where Kirishima No Kaori is cultivated:



Needless to say, this organic sencha has a naturally high quality taste and a beautiful fresh tea fragrance of the mountains. Its liquor is a clear bright yellow color which is indicative of a sencha that has been lighter steamed. It's soft and gentle tasting, yet also has wonderful rich sweet complexities running throughout and a lively refreshing slightly zesty piquant aftertaste. Little astringency, perfectly smooth, it's an exceptionally fine example of high quality organically cultivated lighter steamed sencha from the mountains of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan!

Origin Information

Kirishima

Kirishima is a very famous mountainous area in Kagoshima Prefecture that produces excellent quality organic green teas. Although, most tea drinkers are familiar with Kagoshima for its modern day deep steamed fukamushi green teas made from breeds such as Yutaka Midori, Sae Midori, and Asatsuyu etc., a few expert growers in the mountains of Kirishima are well-known for maintaining a more traditional tea approach and produce organic lighter steamed teas to a very high quality standard that are both highly aromatic and excellent in taste.

Brewing Suggestion

Steep	Leaf-Water Ratio	Water Temperature	Infusion Time
1	0.8g/1oz	70°C/158°F	60-90 seconds
2	-	75°C/167°F	30 seconds
3+	-	Hotter Water	Longer Steeps

Additional Information

Origin	Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Organic Certification(s)	JAS
Harvest Date	Mid-May 2012
Harvest Period	100% Ichibancha (First Harvest)
Steaming	Asamushi (Light)
Cultivar(s)	100% Yabukita
NET Weight	100g/3.53oz