“The leaves of this tea are beautifully long, thin, and dark green. After waiting 15 minutes for the water at nearly freezing to unfurl the leaves, the resulting ‘broth’ was very pleasingly sweet...” Read full tasting note
Once a year the highest evaluating authority in the world of Japanese tea holds a national tea exhibition. This ‘Shuppin Gyokuro’ (exhibition Gyokuro) is a blend of Gyokuro teas which were carefully selected and closely examined at this exhibition.
Please enjoy the taste of this special tea which combines the labor of many tea farmers, who have presented the best of their crop at the national exhibition.
Whith the typical sweet taste of this Gyokuro please also delight in the beautiful color and shape of the emerald tea leaves.
This blend was produced under tea expert Yamashita Toshikazu’s supervision.
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