“This one of the better teas I got from Yunomi. The leaves are beautiful with a deep green colour and have an aroma of pine, green apple and green beans, complemented by yeast in a preheated pot....” Read full tasting note
This sencha was crafted with Tsuyuhikari, a cultivar known for its sweeter flavor profile, by the Shimizu family of Suizawa, Mie Prefecture. This particular production lot comes from a new tea field (planted 2015), and was given the name Ubugoe 産声, meaning “the cry of a newborn”.
I was very impressed with this Tsyuhikari sencha green tea from. Unshaded, harvested on Apr 25, 2019, and more than just single origin, but single cultivar / single field, the tea leaves are beautifully shaped needles…not all perfectly straight, but fine, shiny leaves indicative of an early young leaf harvest, with little powder (refined well).
Flavor notes: Grassy, but sweet and buttery taste, little bitterness but an interestingly astringent aftertaste.
Name: Sencha Green Tea, Tsuyuhikari
Cultivar: Tsuyuhikari
Cultivation & Processing Notes: Regular Steaming
Harvest: Late April
Region: Suizawa Village, Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture
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