January 26, 2023
Gyokuro Shuin
Jade Dew
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Product code:
CSTV-13
This multi award-winning Gyokuro is very representative of shade teas from the Uji region.
Three weeks before the manual harvest, the tea bushes are covered and up to 85% of the sun's rays are filtered out to help create what the Japanese refer to as the "taste of the shade". The result is a highly aromatic and complex tasting tea that contains very little tannins.
The vegetal character evokes marine flavours of salt and iodine (fresh wakame seeweed) and green vegetable (spinach, swiss chard, and cooked celery) notes. The soft green liquor is bright and has a lingering delicate and herbaceous taste.
- Cultivar: Gokou, Komakage & Yabukita
- Producer: M. Koyama
- Altitude: 50m
- Date of harvest: July 4, 2022
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Senchado technique
Quantity / 150ml of water
2
Temperature of infusion
70
Infusion length 1
25 - 40 sec
Infusion length 2
5 - 15 sec
Infusion length 3
15 - 30 sec
Teapot method
Quantity / 250ml of water
1
Temperature of infusion
70
Infusion length
3 - 4 min
Concentration of antioxidants
1255 μmolConcentration in μmol / cup* of tea, on a four-grade scale
1255 μmol
1255 μmol
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* 250ml loose teas, 100ml for Matchas
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