Organic Miyazaki Kamairicha Kanayamidori

An excellent organic Kamairicha made from the superb Kanayamidori cultivar. Kanayamidori has a delightfully satisfying taste and aroma and offers some pretty specific characteristics that are particularly nice to explore and familiarize yourself with if you are a Japanese green tea lover.

The aspect of this organic Kamairicha that we tend to love the most is the dry leaf aroma, which over the course of the year, often develops into delightful sweet fruit-like aromas almost reminiscent of tropical fruits, a very nose friendly fragrance to say the least! Needless to say, some of these delightful dry leaf notes transfer to the infused tea giving this tea a slightly fruity taste. Along with a nice bright yellow liquor, and Kanayamidori's well-known sweet milky mouthfeel this tea offers a flavorsome cuppa that is very easy to enjoy!

Tea Garden Images

A view looking down from the top area of the organic tea garden reveals many small plantations located at slightly varying altitudes and containing various cultivars. The tea gardens are surrounded by forests in a secluded area and are tremendously well cared for by the grower.

The top of the tea garden reveals an exceptional view with the famous Mount. Aso clearly visible in the distances. This part of the tea garden contains the most precious tea bushes growing at about 700m which is the perfect height for Japanese cultivars to produce the highest quality green tea. There is no need for pesticides or taste-manipulating chemical fertilizers growing tea bushes small-scale in primly place tea gardens like this. They naturally produce high quality green tea with exceptionally high quality taste.

Cultivar Information

Kanayamidori

Kanayamidori is an excellent cultivar that is a cross between S6, a systematic numbered cultivar, and Yabukita. It was originally planted in Kanaya in Shizuoka prefecture hence the name KANAYAmidori and gained registration in 1970. It is a slightly late budding cultivar being around 5 days later than Yabukita. It's strong against disease and is able to grow very well even in colder climates, it therefore performs very well in mountainous areas.

Brewing Suggestion

Steep	Leaf-Water Ratio	Water Temperature	Infusion Time
1	1g/1oz	70°C/158°F	60-75 seconds
2	-	75°C/167°F	10-30 seconds
3+	-	Hotter Water	Longer Steeps

Additional Information

Origin	Gokase Town, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
Organic Certification(s)	JAS
Harvest Date	Early-June 2011
Harvest Period	100% Ichibancha (First Harvest)
Cultivar(s)	100% Kanayamidori
NET Weight	50g/1.76oz