Gyokuro Temomicha3JGT Harvest: May 2020
Origin: Japan / Kyoto / Kyotonabe / Fugenji Kugedani
Height: 55 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Yabukita
An excellent hand-rolled Gyokuro. The leaves come from Fugenji, near Kyoto and have been shaded for 3 weeks. It was made by a friend tea producers from Hiruma-san, a well-known expert for hand-rolled teas.Temomicha - a hand-rolled tea. This is rare in Japan, as the tea production is mostly mechanised. After steaming, the tea is produced on a type of heated table. This procedure can last for up to seven hours and requires great attention and care. Thus are produced very small quantities of tea of outstanding quality.
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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.