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Ohira Organic

Name: Organic Sencha Ohira
SKU: 0948-bio
Price: 15.50 EUR
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0948-bio

A strong, briefly steamed mountain sencha from the prestigious terroir of Ohira in Shizuoka. 1st harvest, yabukita, 300-450m elevation. Certified EU organic. From Kengo Yamamoto. 100g

Details	Sourced from Kengo Yamamoto of Ryōgouchi Village in Ohira, renowned throughout Japan for green tea, and is known as "the hidden village of refined green teas"
Character	Robust with a fine bitterness, strong character typical of the Shizuoka Mountains, natural, pleasant umami, revitalising
Tea Garden	Kengo Yamamoto (山本賢吾)
Terroir	Ohira, Shimizu (region), Shizuoka (prefecture), Japan
Harvest	1st harvest (ichibancha), mid-May, 2023. Only the 1st and second leaves.
Cultivar	Yabukita
Elevation	300-450m above sea level
Steaming	Short (asamushi, 23 seconds)
Organic Cert.	EU certified organic, JAS organic since 2002
Laboratory Tests	Radioactivity (Region 11/2019)
Grading	95/100 p. (sencha category); Super Premium

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Sourced from Kengo Yamamoto (山本賢吾), the representative of tea farmers in Ryōgouchi Village, which is renowned throughout Japan for green tea, and is known as "the hidden village of refined green teas". As a young and ambitious tea farmer, Mr. Yamamoto passionately cultivates tea to organic standards.

Flavour

From a prime tea farm in Ohira, Shizuoka. The popular yabukita cultivar in this tea is exclusively taken from the first harvest and is briefly steamed to yield a robust sencha with pronounced bitterness. This classic mountain tea from Shizuoka has a strong character as well as a natural umami flavour. A tea for connoisseurs of great Shizuoka sencha.

Leaf

Attractive long needles, very dark green

Cup

Bright, glowing greenish yellow

Sencha is by far the most commonly cultivated and consumed green tea in Japan and constitutes the backbone of Japanese tea traditions. The leaves are typically steamed for 10-60 seconds, dried with hot air, churned, and via a multi-staged process rolled into flat needles. The flavour profile of sencha is very diverse and varies between sweet, fresh and grassy to robustly bitter. The region of cultivation as well as quality of the tea play a significant role in determining flavour.

We go to great lengths to identify the finest organic tea farms across the world’s most celebrated terroirs. All our teas are sourced directly from the farmer and, with a few exceptions, are certified organic or come from pesticide-free farms. Each batch of tea for every harvest is tested for pesticides and other pollutants in an independent German lab to ensure they meet our strict quality standards as well as HACCP food safety requirements. Likewise, all the regions of Japan from which we source our teas are tested for radioactivity for every harvest.

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Cultivation & Processing

The tea is sourced from Ryōgouchi in Ohira, upstream from Okitsugawa. This town is also known in Japan as "the hidden village of refined green teas". The tea field is located in a pristine natural landscape with steep mountainous slopes and significant fluctuations in temperature between night and day. This tea is carefully harvested using hand-operated machines.

Single Origin

This tea is exclusively sourced from the above mentioned tea farm in Shizuoka. Sourced directly from the tea farmer.

Organic Certification

Preparation

Brewing Guide

2 heaped tsp per 100-300ml (55-60°C) water. Steep for 2 minutes. Suitable for several infusions.

Packaging

High quality, airtight, resealable standing zipper pouch with 9 protective layers to preserve flavour and protect against oxidation and contamination.

Recommended Teapot

The ideal teapot for sencha is a red tokoname kyusu with a fine ceramic sieve, which can best bring out the taste of sencha. Alternatively, a black tokoname kyusu can be used, which is a good all-rounder for preparing green teas.

Recommended Storage

Ideally store in a quality tea caddy made from cherry tree bark (wooden, kabazaiku chazutsu) or an airtight, double-coated metal tin.

Test results

We find it very important that our teas are pure and produced in a way that respects the environment. For this reason, each one of our teas is tested for pesticide residues by an independent laboratory, the results of which can be found here. Some of our teas are also tested for specific nutritional compounds, in which case the test results are also published here.

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