#0658.S5 Tarui Tea Farm: 2019 First Flush Karabeni Single Cultivar Shizuoka Oolong Tea

Shizuoka tea farmer Takayuki Tarui generally uses summer second flush leaves to create oolong tea, but this year he experimented with first flush leaves. Grown pesticide free and without synthetic fertilizers, the tea is made from the karabeni cultivar, harvested mid-May 2019. If you decide to taste it, please leave a review to give Tarui-san feedback on this product. Product Info Ingredient: Oolong tea Cultivar: karabeni - selected from a plant grown from seed brought from China in the 1950s but never formally registered with the government so quite rare Harvest: mid-May Region: Nearaicho, Shizuoka, Japan Steeping Notes Tea: 5 grams Time: 3 minutes (longer for a stronger cup) Water temperature: 90C/194F degrees Water amount: 200 ml Steep up to 3 times