Hoji-Sakura Sencha from Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

Hoji-Sakura Sencha

Tea type
Green Herbal Blend
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Butter, Cherry, Floral, Nuts, Roasted, Sakura, Savory, Smooth, Toasty, Umami, Vegetal
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Low
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Average preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 1 min, 0 sec 5 g 16 oz / 473 ml

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  • “DIY Kyoto Obubu Advent Calendar 2023 – Day 9 This is such an unusual and interesting tea. It’s roasted, but the sencha leaves are still dark green in color. But then when you steep it, it has the...” Read full tasting note
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From Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

This limited herbal Sencha is a blend of our delicious Kabuse Sencha with Wazuka’s roasted wild Sakura (cherry tree) leaves and blossoms. This light roast version of a unique blend of Wazuka’s Kabuse Sencha with dry cherry blossoms and leaves. An enchanting cup of Spring with dark chocolate notes.

Taste: Floral, Chocolate
Body: Medium
Texture: Smooth, Round
Length: Long
Harvest: May
Tea Cultivar: Yabukita (tea) Yae-sakura (cherry blossoms)
Origin: Wazuka
Cultivation: Shaded
Processing: Lightly Steamed, Rolled, Dried

About Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms View company

It started with a single cup of tea. As the legend goes, our president Akihiro Kita, or Akky-san, visited Wazuka, Kyoto one fateful day. At the time, Akky-san was still a college student in search for life's calling. After trying the region's famous Ujicha (literally meaning tea from the Uji district), he immediately fell in love and his passion for green tea was born. He had finally found what he was looking for in that one simple cup of tea. After fifteen years of learning to master the art of growing tea from tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born and as they say, the rest is history. So what's an Obubu? Obubu is the Kyoto slang for tea. Here in the international department we call ourselves Obubu Tea. That's "Tea Tea" for the bilinguals. We love tea so much, we just had to have it twice in our name. Now Obubu means more than just tea to us. It means, family, friends, passion and the place we call home. More than just tea. Though the roots of Obubu stem from tea, it has become more than that over the years. Obubu is an agricultural social venture, operating with three (1) bring quality Japanese tea to the world (2) contribute to the local and global community through tea (3) revitalize interest in tea and agriculture through education.

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DIY Kyoto Obubu Advent Calendar 2023 – Day 9

This is such an unusual and interesting tea. It’s roasted, but the sencha leaves are still dark green in color. But then when you steep it, it has the brownish color of a hojicha.

It has a smooth and lightly toasty flavor, but there is still some umami presence underneath. The roasted sakura is difficult to describe… I do still taste that savory floral note with a hint of cherry, but then there’s a deep, toasty note layered over the top.

Just lovely… Fresh and cozy at the same time, and an interesting intersection of spring and autumn.

Flavors: Butter, Cherry, Floral, Nuts, Roasted, Sakura, Savory, Smooth, Toasty, Umami, Vegetal

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 1 min, 0 sec 5 g 16 OZ / 473 ML
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