Limited Edition Sencha - Hikari -
Harvest: Spring 2024, April 26th (Ichibancha)
Cultivar: Saemidori Breed
Harvesting Method: Handpicked
Taste: Strong body flavor with plain and light sweetness, creamy taste experience
Liquid: Slightly dark green color
Leaves: Greenish and soft twigs with a bit of added Matcha powder
In Japan, it is said that the first tea picked of the year is the most delicious. "Shincha" littorale means new tea and describes the first tea in the new picking season. During the long, cold winter months, tea trees are dormant, as if they are hibernating. During this time, the tea trees store nutrients to sprout vigorously in the spring. The most significant feature of the new tea or shincha is that it offers everything: a refreshing aroma and fragrance and taste of the young spring.
This Superior Sencha is specially selected and carefully picked by experienced hands. Such tea leaves are far superior to those picked by machine. Made from Yabukita tea leaves that grow on the scenic hills of Watzuka town, south of Uji City. The leaves are masterfully processed into beautiful, spindly and heavy, dark and fragrant tea leaves. A main characteristic of Sencha from Uji is its refreshing taste and, compared to other growing areas in Japan, its light color.
Limited Edition Shincha - Hikari -
About Sencha:
Sencha is the most commonly cultivated and consumed type of Japanese tea. The tea plants are not covered and therefore exposed to a lot of sunlight, which gives the tea a lively and clear flavor. Because the leaves traditionally grow in full sunlight, Sencha contains more of the positive nutrient catechin than other green teas, giving the tea leaves a yellowish green color. Nowadays, Sencha leaves are also covered in the last days before harvest to suppress bitterness and astringency.
