PREORDER available late May 🍵 2026 #0079.F2 Kurihara Tea #17: Okuhikari Cultivar Yame Sencha おくひかり

A single cultivar sencha from the Kurihara brothers, this Okuhikari is known for its vibrant green color. Okuhikari is a cross between the Yabukita cultivar that makes up 75% of the tea grown in Japan, and a Chinese cultivar, Shizu Cy225, and officially registered in 1987. The plant grows slower than Yabukita requiring more care to avoid damage from weather and insects, but produces a better crop yield. Product Info Name: Okuhikari Yame Sencha Japanese name: 品種茶、おくひかり Ingredients: Green tea Net weight: 100 grams / 3.52 oz, 20 grams / 0.70 oz Cultivar: Okuhikari Harvest: Spring Region: Yabemura Village, Yame City, Fukuoka Notes: Machine harvested from a tea field at altitude of about 600 meters (1968 feet). Regular steaming, but on the long side, so close to a fukamushi (deep steamed tea) but not quite. Vendor Info Name: Kurihara Tea Farm Type: Family-owned business, tea farm, tea factory Members: Kippei, Yuji, and Akio Kurihara (Father and sons) Location: 4236 Kita Yabe, Yabe-mura, Yame-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture 834-1401, JAPAN Size: About 3 hectares total across several fields Altitude of tea fields: 300 - 700 meters