PREORDER available May 🍵 #0640.S5 Shuchi Tea Garden: Fukamushicha Green Tea, Kirari 31 Single Cultivar, Nihoncha Awards Platinum Medal Winner, Refined by Osada Tea きらり31深蒸し茶

Winner of the 2022 Nihoncha Awards Platinum Medal! This fukamushicha from tea garden Shuchi in Morimachi Village, Shizuoka, is made from a single cultivar, the new and still rare Kirari 31, and is the very first harvest in 2022 from a new field. Refined by Osada Tea, the fukamushicha won the Platinum Medal at the 2022 Nihoncha Awards, held by the Nihoncha ("Japanese tea") Instructor's Association. Unlike regional and national tea competitions held throughout Japan featuring the unrefined tea leaves that come from farmers, the Nihoncha Awards accepts entries from farms, factories and sellers that are commercial products, refined teas meant for drinking by consumers. Awards are given out in August judged by a select panel of experts while they over winners in several categories are chosen after tea tastings are held for the general public (several hundred tasters) in December—a people’s choice type of award. Steeping Notes Tea: 3 grams Time: 60 sec Water: 200 ml Water Temperature: 70C/158F degrees Resteep 2-3 times. The second steeping can be quick (10 seconds) Product Info Ingredients: Green tea Cultivar: Kirari 31 Harvest: April Region: Morimachi Village, Shizuoka About Osada Tea Established in 1948, Osada Tea is an award winning producer and wholesaler of Japanese tea, focusing on organic tea production, and working closely with the farmers of the Isagawa Tea Agriculture Cooperative in Haruno Village, Tenryu Region of Shizuoka. 4th generation tea master, Osada Natsumi, holds 8th-dan rank of tea appraisal, is registered as a Japanese Tea Instructor, and was Champion of the 58th National Tea Appraisal competition.