GYOKURO | HARUTO + OKUMIDORI

Experience:   brewed at low temperature, this tea is bursting with notes of honeydew melon.

It is solid proof that organically grown tea leaves can yield rich umami.

Origin: Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
GPS: 31.9°N | 130.7°E
Refined and Blended by: Osada Natsumi in Morimachi, Shizuoka
Cultivars:  Haruto 34 + Okumidori

Harvest:  late April / early May, 2022

Brewing suggestions:  4g / 60ml / 55°C / 90”  (1st Steep).  180ml / 60°C / 45” (Subsequent Steeps).

Producer:  Osada San is a second generation tea grower from Shizuoka; he also has one of the most educated noses we have ever encountered.  Osada San is a multiple award winner at Japan's National Tea Tasting Competition; he is also ranked as an '8th Dan' Tea Taster.  One of the many things that we love about Osada San’s project is that he excels at expressing the unique soil of Shizuoka in his tea.