Gyokuro Akiyama3JGS Harvest: 29.04.2023
Origin: Japan / Fukuoka / Yame / Kurogi
Height: 250 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Saemidori
An excellent hand-picked Gyokuro for the Fukuoka Prefecture Competition. Produced by Yoshio Akiyama. This the has been shaded for 20 days.
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Gyokuro Gyokuro are the noblest teas in Japan, the name meaning drop of jade dew. For this tea, only leaves of overshadowed tea bushes are used. By casting a shadow on the bushes, their growth slows down. This results in more amino acids and chlorophyll in the leaves and consequently a more pronounced umami and sweet taste, less catechins and therefore less bitter substances. To produce Gyokuro, the tea bushes are overshadowed for twenty-one days before the plucking. Gyokuro teas are very dense and aromatic.