Product Details:
Kabuse Sencha is one of Obubu’s highest grade teas. This extraordinary tea has been shaded for two weeks before its harvest in early spring.
The jade-green liquor has a long-lasting, distinctive, and intense lingering umami flavor.
The subtle vegetal notes of spinach and thick mouthfeel make Kabuse Sencha a truly heavenly taste experience and are illustrative of traditional high-quality Japanese teas.
Product Notes:
- Taste: Umami
- Body: Rich
- Texture: Rounded
- Length: Long
- Harvest: May
- Tea Cultivar: Yabukita
- Origin: Wazuka
- Cultivation: Shaded
- Processing: Lightly Steamed, Rolled, Dried
Steeping Notes:
- Tea: 5 grams.
- Time: 60 seconds.
- Water: 80C/176F degrees, 200 ml.
Farm Notes:
President and founder of Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms, Akihiro "Akky" Kita, visited Wazuka, Kyoto over 15 years ago. The special tea produced in this rural district is known world-wide as Ujicha and is considered one of the highest quality, premium teas in Japan.
Back then Akky-San was a college student and in search of his life’s calling. Akihiro’s passion for green tea was born by a single cup of Ujicha drunk at its source and inspired him to learn more about this magic elixir.
In over fifteen years of learning, he mastered the art of growing premium tea leaves. He has been mentored by master tea farmers in Wazuka and over time, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born. The name Obubu itself comes from the slang of Kyoto and means tea.
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Product Details:
Kabuse Sencha is one of Obubu’s highest grade teas. This extraordinary tea has been shaded for two weeks before its harvest in early spring.
The jade-green liquor has a long-lasting, distinctive, and intense lingering umami flavor.
The subtle vegetal notes of spinach and thick mouthfeel make Kabuse Sencha a truly heavenly taste experience and are illustrative of traditional high-quality Japanese teas.
Product Notes:
- Taste: Umami
- Body: Rich
- Texture: Rounded
- Length: Long
- Harvest: May
- Tea Cultivar: Yabukita
- Origin: Wazuka
- Cultivation: Shaded
- Processing: Lightly Steamed, Rolled, Dried
Steeping Notes:
- Tea: 5 grams.
- Time: 60 seconds.
- Water: 80C/176F degrees, 200 ml.
Farm Notes:
President and founder of Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms, Akihiro "Akky" Kita, visited Wazuka, Kyoto over 15 years ago. The special tea produced in this rural district is known world-wide as Ujicha and is considered one of the highest quality, premium teas in Japan.
Back then Akky-San was a college student and in search of his life’s calling. Akihiro’s passion for green tea was born by a single cup of Ujicha drunk at its source and inspired him to learn more about this magic elixir.
In over fifteen years of learning, he mastered the art of growing premium tea leaves. He has been mentored by master tea farmers in Wazuka and over time, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born. The name Obubu itself comes from the slang of Kyoto and means tea.