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Product Info
Ingredients: Green tea
Cultivar: Komakage & Yabukita
Harvest: Spring
Cultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, steamed, rolled, dried.
Region: Kyoto Prefecture
Steeping Notes
1st Steeping – Tea: 5 grams. Time: 60 seconds. Water: 60˚C/140˚F, 1 cup.
2nd Steeping – Time: 10 seconds. Water: 80˚C/176˚F, 1 cup.
3rd Steeping – Time: 45 seconds. Water: 90˚C/194˚F, 1 cup.
The amounts above are guidelines. Adjust to preference.
Consider also advanced steeping techniques such as cold or ice steeping.
Producer Info
Name: Nishide Tea Factory (Nishide Seichajyo Co., Ltd.)
Type: Family-owned tea factory
CEO: Takashi Nishide
Address: 59 Higashiokutani Zenjyoji, Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto 610-0201, Japan
The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
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