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Gyokuro | Exploring Japan's Shade Grown Jewel
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What Is Gyokuro (玉露)? Exploring Japan’s Shade Grown Jewel
Gyokuro (玉露) is a very special type of Japanese green tea; it represents roughly 1% of Japan's annual tea production.
The name translates as "jade dew", probably because of its intense green colour; good gyokuro will provide one of the richest, most umami loaded tea journeys that you'll ever experience.
Charcoal Finish Firing | Coaxing Lingering Sweetness and Aroma in Gyokuro
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Finish firing (火入れ) is a most important process when crafting Japanese-style, steamed green tea. Not only is it important to reducing moisture content (thus preserving freshness for longer), but as our friend Jared from Jagasilk says, finish-firing 'develops the sugars and curb the tannins.' By the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, it was already a well-established custom.
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