PREORDER available late May 🍵 2026 #0741.S2 Yokota Tea Garden: Hatsutsumi (Hachijyuhachiya) Sayama Shincha Green Tea 狭山茶八十八夜摘み

A premium sencha coming from the Yokota Tea Garden which was picked on the 88th night (Japanese: 八十八夜; hachijyu-hachiya). According to the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, hachijyu-hachiya signifies the 88th night after the start of spring and is also used to mark the start of shincha harvesting. Tea from this harvest is said to bring you a fortuitous life. Meanwhile the first picking of the season is called hatsutsumi. Early picking of younger leaves generates a tea with an extra delicate and sweeter flavor profile with an aroma full of early summer. The younger leaves were then deep steamed to make a fukamushicha. Grown by 4th, 5th, and 6th generation tea farmers in the famous Sayama region of Saitama Prefecture. Product Information Ingredients: Green tea Harvest: Early May (88th day from the start of spring on the lunar calendar) Region: Sayama, Saitama Prefecture Steaming: Fukamushi (Deep-steamed) Number of Cups in 100g: 30 cups (10 uses / 3 steepings / 1 cup per steeping. Varies with your steeping recipe.) Tea Farm: Yokota Tea Garden Location: Sayama, Saitama Instructions See our steeping guidelines here: yunomi.life/steep