A single cultivar, single estate micro batch (sub-20kg) carefully picked by tea farmer Matsumoto Osamu based in the mountains of the Kawane region, Shizuoka, and processed into light steamed sencha or asamushicha. Steeping Recommendation - Warm Water Steeping 1st Steeping - Tea: 5g. Time: 2 min. Water: 60C/140F degrees, 100 ml. 2nd Steeping - Time: 10 sec. Water: 70C/158F degrees, 100 ml. 3rd+ Steeping - Time: 30 sec. Water: 70C/158F degrees, 200 ml. Product Info Ingredients: Green tea Cultivar: koshun Harvest: Spring Batch: Sub-20kg micro batch Farm: Matsumoto Osamu Refinement: Maruyama Tea Packing: Yunomi Region: Kawane, Shizuoka, Japan Steaming: Light Kaneta Ota Tea Garden Included among the 130+ awards that Ota Masataka, the tea garden master, has won over the years, are the Emperor's Cup awarded as a special honor to the country's top farmers, and the top National Tea Competition Minister's Award...3 years straight from 2017 - 2019 in the 4kg Sencha category.
