02 Sasahime Organic Gyokuro Green Tea 50g
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Made from Yabukita, Japan’s classic tea cultivar. Robust and full-bodied, rich in savoury umami, with a smooth, lingering finish.
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Description
Yabukita is the tea most of Japan drinks. It covers more tea fields than every other cultivar combined, and there’s a reason: grown well, it has a depth of umami that other varieties chase. Sasahime is Yabukita done the slow way, under twenty days of shade at Sakamotoen.
The shading pushes the leaf’s theanine up and its bitterness down, so what you get in the cup is the classic Japanese tea profile with the volume turned up: full-bodied, savoury, a clean sweetness underneath, and a finish that hangs around.
This is the tea to pour for someone who says they know green tea. It tastes like the textbook, in the best sense. 50g of loose leaf, good for 25 to 37 cups across multiple steeps.
How to Brew
You can reuse the same tea leaves 2-3 times. On the second and third brew, steep for only 30 seconds. This ratio is just a guide, please adjust the amount of tea and water to your taste!
A 50g pack can make between 25 and 37 cups of tea!
Pick Green is certified organic green tea sourced from Sakamotoen, a family owned tea farm in Kagoshima, Japan. Sakamotoen has been producing green tea for almost 100 years.
Sakamotoen – Kagoshima, Japan
What is Gyokuro Tea?
Gyokuro is admired as the highest grade of Japanese green tea. The name “gyokuro” translates as “jade dew” in reference to the bright green colour in the cup. It differs from the standard sencha (a classic unshaded green tea) in being grown under the shade rather than the full sun. Shading causes both the amino acid theanine and the alkaloid caffeine in the tea leaves to increase, which yields a sweet flavour.
