#0958.S5 Shibakiri Tea Garden: 2025 Kiyomi - Handpicked, Shaded Single Cultivar Yabukita AsamushichaThe image of the leaf says it all. Beautifully shaped, with a deep green color and shine, the appearance of a leaf a this quality signals the most careful cultivation, harvesting and processing as a light steamed, asamushicha. The Yabukita cultivar, so widely used as it is, acquires a reputation for being too common, ordinary, more bitter than other cultivars like saemidori, asatsuyu, etc. But as the gold standard in the industry, it is also a strong

unblended cultivars

Fuji (it's in the background of the cloth near the center)

Material: Sakura wood & bark

If you have any questions

Calcium: 625 mg

The more standard Warm Water method is also recommended for a balance of umami and astringency (see the Steeping Notes tab)

Texture (1 = very grainy

WDH has packaged this set in a beautiful Paulownia wood gift box

a reasonably priced chasen

There's another step we often don't talk about

We use the 110 x 110 mm size for our 10-gram (sencha) sized packets

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