Organic Tamaryokucha

TAMARYOKUCHA ORGANIC

-Japanese green tea-

From organic farming
Origin: Japan, Fukue Jima, Nagasaki Prefecture
Spring harvest 2024
Cultivar: Yabukita

Japanese green tea Tamaryokucha is definitely a very particular tea, different from the taste we are used to with Japanese teas and one of the most appreciated loose teas by our passionate customers.
Its leaves are not like the classic needles, but are more rolled and curved, a bit like Chinese teas.

Originally from various prefectures in the Kyushu region, born in the early 1900s to meet the demand from the Soviet Union for a tea with a less herbaceous taste and more similar to Chinese manufacturing, Tamaryokucha Mushisei, also known as Guricha (curled tea), is a Sencha whose leaves do not have the common needle-like appearance.

The plantations of this Japanese tea are shaded for about fifteen days before harvesting; this will result in a more balanced and fresh flavor, sometimes less umami, and will result in an increase in the production of some amino acids, including L-Theanine, responsible for the sense of well-being associated with tea consumption.
Then, in the steam cooking process, which prevents the oxidation of the leaves, the last of the three stages that Sencha usually undergoes is omitted and the leaves are subsequently rolled and subjected to a kind of direct heat roasting, which will give them a less astringent and more delicate flavor.

The infusion, which reveals a tea with a bright green liquor and a buttery texture, releases the scent of spinach and pistachio. The taste, on the other hand, is reminiscent of nuts, avocado with a fresh and persistent finish of green apple.

In the preparation of this tea, we recommend the oriental method: slightly increase the amount of leaves, decrease the infusion time, repeat the infusions with the same leaves increasing slightly the time in which the leaves are left in water.