#0272.F2 Chiyonoen Tea Garden: #23 Mountain-Grown Yame Black Tea, Single Cultivar Benifuuki Spring べにふうき (春摘み) (Naturally Grown)

From spring harvested leaves, Harashima-san and his wife present a black tea grown on the mountain tops of Yabe Village, Fukuoka. This tea won 4 stars (out of 5), taking the Premium Tea Award at the 2019 Japanese Tea Festival in Tokyo. Ingredients: Black Tea Cultivar: Benifuuki - a cultivar grown for its high methyl-catechin content, allowing it to create flavorful black tea. Harvest: Spring Region: Upper mountains of Yabe village, Yame District, Fukuoka, Japan. Altitude about 600 meters. About the Farm Chiyonoen Tea Farm is a small tea garden operated by husband and wife farmers Masashi and Eri Harashima deep in the mountains of Yabe Village, Fukuoka, Japan. The 3rd generation farm specializes in high grade mountain-grown sencha and gyokuro. Established by his grandfather and the farm's namesake, Chiyokichi. Learn more about Chiyonoen Tea Garden