Organic Kumamoto Sencha Yabe Supreme

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

A high quality first harvest organic sencha green tea that comes from Yamato, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Originally the town were this organic tea garden is located was known as Yabe Town, therefore the tea that came from that area was (and still is) known as Yabe-Cha, hence this tea is known as Yabe-Cha. However in 2005 Yabe Town merged with a few other villages and towns to form a new town known as Yamato, so it no longer really exists, but we're happy the tea still does because this is one of the finest organic sencha that we have ever had the pleasure of selling here at Yuuki-Cha!

Grown in an isolated spot between mountains at 500m above sea level. Deep morning mist, ideal temperature differences between day and night, and the special Japanese cultivar known as Saemidori that is cultivated on the farm gives this organic sencha its outstanding, distinctive flavor and boundless lingering aftertaste that any real connoisseur of Japanese green tea would recognize instantly. An all round winner, and highly recommended!

Below the pictures show the tranquil small-scale tea garden in Yamato, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture. The tea bushes are extremely well cared for here, and sit at an elevation of roughly 500m in a very secluded mountainous area of Kumamoto. The land drains well with mountain spring water running through it, and the soil is richly fertile due to many years of organic farming. It really is the perfect spot for growing high quality organic sencha without any need whatsoever for chemical fertilizers or pesticides:

Tea Garden Images

Cultivar Information

Saemidori

Saemidori cultivar is a cross between Yabukita and Asatsuyu that was developed, researched, and tested from around the 1970's. In 1990, it was finally registered, and is now successfully cultivated for the production of matcha, gyokuro, and high quality sencha in a number of tea growing regions of Japan. It is generally cultivated by organic tea farmers that, above all, seek to cultivate superior quality green tea.

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	Yamato, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Organic Certification(s)	JAS
Harvest Date	Mid-May 2012
Harvest Period	100% Ichibancha (First Harvest)
Steaming	Chumushi (Medium)
Cultivar(s)	100% Saemidori
NET Weight	100g/3.53oz