Organic Kagoshima Sencha Kirishima Zairai

This particular organic green tea is a light steamed asamushi sencha hailing from the famous mountainous area of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture and is made from a Zairai cultivar. Originally we were going to offer this as a straight forward loose leaf organic sencha, but then the grower sent us the same organic sencha with a lustrous coating of organic sencha powder. We particular enjoyed this new jazzed up version, so we just had to switch to offering this one instead.

The grower's idea behind coating this organic sencha with organic sencha powder is only for positive reasons. It makes for a more interesting medley of flavors and it heightens this already healthy first harvest organic sencha into an even healthier beverage. It's the perfect green tea to enjoy either hot or cold any time of year, but it's especially nice cold in the summer.

Which ever way you decide to prepare this organic sencha, it always brews up into a tantalizing medley of sweet green tea flavors, and makes for one very healthy cup of organic green tea!

The following is an image of the actual Zairai tea garden in the mountainous Kirishima region of Kagoshima:

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	1g/1oz	70°C/158°F	60 seconds
2	-	75°C/167°F	10-30 seconds
3+	-	Hotter Water	Longer Steeps

Additional Information

Origin	Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Organic Certification(s)	JAS
Harvest Date	May 2011
Harvest Period	100% Ichibancha (First Harvest)
Steaming	Asamushi (Light)
Cultivar(s)	100% Zairai
NET Weight	100g/3.53oz