Gyokuro Imperial

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80 / 100

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Tea type
Green Tea
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Typical Preparation
Set water temperature to 160 °F / 71 °C
Steep for 2 min, 0 sec
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3 Tasting Notes View all

“Another Tea I won during the Georgia Tea Company Steepster Trivia last month! Woot! Smells like lightly buttered veggies. Is semi-murky yellowish-green color. Taste is…pretty yummy. It’s light...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been in a bit of a green tea mood lately, so much so that I’ve managed to run through an entire ounce of gyokuro in three days. Georgia Tea Co. suggested using “close to boiling water,” I...” Read full tasting note
“This is a lovely Gyokuro – sweet, slightly nutty, and vegetative. Not grassy, more of a fresh steamed vegetable taste. It reminds me of spring, like the freshest spring-harvest vegetables that...” Read full tasting note

Description

Gyokuro, whose name means “jade dew” is Japan’s finest and often costliest tea. It is not uncommon for a pound of the rarest Gyokuro to sell for thousands of dollars. What makes this variety unique? While the young leaves of the spring flush develop, the tea bushes are shaded from sun for three weeks. The sun-deprived tea that grows in the shade is high in chlorophyll, which makes it darker than normal, but lower in tannins, which makes it sweeter and mild tasting.

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