This velvety koicha has notes of chashews and cream and is blended from top-grade hand-picked and machine-picked tencha. This blended tencha is then rounded out by gentle drying and heating over binchotan charcoal, a traditional practice now almost extinct in Japan. The name Mare (希) means "Rarity". Producer: Arita Sansuien Region: Uji, Kyoto (Jōyō, Hachiman, Kumiyama, Ide, Wazuka)Cultivar: Blend: Samidori (hand and machine-picked), Asahi (hand-picked), Uji-Hikari (hand-picked), Okumidori (machine)Harvested: April-May, 2025Picking: Hand and Machine PickedShaded: 25-58 Days
