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Farm Introduction

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According to Hiroki Murakami, who will become the farm's 4th generation master, the family doesn't know exactly when they started farming tea, though his great-grandfather was the one who built their first processing factory in the late 19th century.

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Based in the Yoshiwara district, a mountainous region famous for its sea of clouds within the municipality of Shizuoka City, the family produces about 2 tons of tea altogether per year (first and second flushes).

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Their leaves are mostly processed as a near-fukamushi (deep steamed), a steaming technique that creates a tea that has fukashimicha's deep, opaque green color and sweetness, but while also retaining much of the leaf's shape.

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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 5th place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Konishi Tea Coop in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 5th place award is the 全国茶商工業協同組合連合会理事長賞 (Japan Tea Association Chairman's Award)

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The coop has won many awards over the years at all levels of Japan's tea competitions including the National level.

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Tomizawa-san's actually words for those who want to study tea in Japanese: 玉露を作ろうと思った理由:地震で離農した農家さんの茶畑を引き継ぐことになり、ただ普通に作るのではなく、復興の第一歩になるような取り組みをしたく、今まで熊本では殆ど作られていなかった玉露の栽培に取り組み始めました。さらに、熊本という地域柄、玉緑茶の国内最大の産地であることから、玉緑茶での玉露製造に挑戦しています。旨みや、苦み、渋み、熊本益城の地域、テロワールを感じて頂けると思います。

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As a steamed tamaryokucha (or guricha), the leaves are not rolled into straight needles as you would see with sencha, but rather left slightly curled by skipping the last rolling step

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This tea is grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Enjoy pure, natural flavors with every sip, knowing you're supporting sustainable farming practices. 

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The Tomizawa Tea Garden has over 85 years of tea farming history in Kumamoto Prefecture, and have received many famous tea awards in Japan. The family grows tea with a lot of sunlight and Kumamoto’s natural ground water famous for its clean and beautiful taste.

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In April 2016, Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture affected by the Kumamoto Earthquakes with main shock at magnitude 7.0. The earthquakes have resulted in 48 deaths, 3000 injuries, and nearly 200,000 people evacuated to shelters in the aftermath.

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From the fields of family-operated tea farm, Tomizawa Tea Garden, a shincha shaded for 24 days before early May harvest (making it a gyokuro).

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Kumamoto Prefecture is not known for its gyokuro, but it is the largest producer of Tamaryokucha. After the earthquake that hit Tomizawa-san's town, Mashiki, Tomizawa-san took over a tea field for a farmer who decided to give up on tea farming. Instead of simply making tea as with his other fields, he decided to experiment with making gyokuro, something almost unheard of in the region, as a small effort to help revitalize the region. The umami, bitterness, astringency in this tea is representative of the terroir of Mashiki Village, Kumamoto.

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Tomizawa-san's actually words for those who want to study tea in Japanese: 玉露を作ろうと思った理由:地震で離農した農家さんの茶畑を引き継ぐことになり、ただ普通に作るのではなく、復興の第一歩になるような取り組みをしたく、今まで熊本では殆ど作られていなかった玉露の栽培に取り組み始めました。さらに、熊本という地域柄、玉緑茶の国内最大の産地であることから、玉緑茶での玉露製造に挑戦しています。旨みや、苦み、渋み、熊本益城の地域、テロワールを感じて頂けると思います。

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As a steamed tamaryokucha (or guricha), the leaves are not rolled into straight needles as you would see with sencha, but rather left slightly curled by skipping the last rolling step

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This tea is grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Enjoy pure, natural flavors with every sip, knowing you're supporting sustainable farming practices. 

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The Tomizawa Tea Garden has over 85 years of tea farming history in Kumamoto Prefecture, and have received many famous tea awards in Japan. The family grows tea with a lot of sunlight and Kumamoto’s natural ground water famous for its clean and beautiful taste.

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In April 2016, Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture affected by the Kumamoto Earthquakes with main shock at magnitude 7.0. The earthquakes have resulted in 48 deaths, 3000 injuries, and nearly 200,000 people evacuated to shelters in the aftermath.

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Tomizawa Tea garden also had been affected by this earthquake losing their tea shop. However, they used this opportunity to rebuild their shop in 2018, calling it the Greentea.Lab.

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Learn more about the farmers here!

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In Japanese, the name of this tea – Kirameki no Sencha or きらめきの煎茶 – carries the nuance of shimmering light as it dances on and through cool, refreshing water. Shaded for two weeks before harvest, the leaves produced create a tea that is light and refreshing, perfect as a cool drink to quench your thirst on hot summer days.

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Over 15 years ago, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms president and founder, Akihiro \"Akky\" Kita, visited Wazuka, Kyoto. The tea produced in this rural district is known as Ujicha, one of the highest quality, premium teas in Japan. Akky was a college student in search of his life’s calling. Inspired by a single cup of Ujicha drunk at its source, Akihiro’s passion for green tea was born. After fifteen years of learning to master the art of growing premium tea leaves from master tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born. The name Obubu itself comes from the slang of Kyoto and means tea.

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In Japanese, the name of this tea – Kirameki no Sencha or きらめきの煎茶 – carries the nuance of shimmering light as it dances on and through cool, refreshing water. Shaded for two weeks before harvest, the leaves produced create a tea that is light and refreshing, perfect as a cool drink to quench your thirst on hot summer days.

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Grown on a south facing hillside, the fields have good exposure to the sun and wind. Combining the strong summer sun, more mature leaves, and the two-week covering technique used in producing Obubu's Kabuse Sencha, the characteristic of Kirameki no Sencha leaves is that its sweetness is light and refreshing.

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Farm Notes

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Over 15 years ago, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms president and founder, Akihiro \"Akky\" Kita, visited Wazuka, Kyoto. The tea produced in this rural district is known as Ujicha, one of the highest quality, premium teas in Japan. Akky was a college student in search of his life’s calling. Inspired by a single cup of Ujicha drunk at its source, Akihiro’s passion for green tea was born. After fifteen years of learning to master the art of growing premium tea leaves from master tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born. The name Obubu itself comes from the slang of Kyoto and means tea.

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Kabusecha, sometimes called Kabuse Sencha, is a tea that is shaded for approximately two weeks. Shading the tea leaves cuts out the sunlight that reaches the plant and forces the plant to retain more L-theanine (creating the savory umami flavor), and reduces catechins (the antioxidant which produces astringency). This results in a balanced tea that is rich and savory.

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Kabusecha was most often used as a blender -- combined with sencha to increase the quality of a large volume of sencha, or with gyokuro (tea shaded for approximately 3 weeks) to increase the quantity of gyokuro. Recently, it is sold by itself as more farmers attempt to create unique products for the market.

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Tea farmer Shinichi Kihara inherited his farm from his father and follows an agricultural philosophy that prohibits the use of fertilizer and pesticides (synthetic, natural, organic or otherwise). This type of agricultural, called Shumei Natural Agriculture, aims to produce food that is as natural as possible. For this reason, the flavor profile attained will be different from other Kabusecha found on this site.

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Kabusecha, sometimes called Kabuse Sencha, is a tea that is shaded for approximately two weeks. Shading the tea leaves cuts out the sunlight that reaches the plant and forces the plant to retain more L-theanine (creating the savory umami flavor), and reduces catechins (the antioxidant which produces astringency). This results in a balanced tea that is rich and savory.

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Kabusecha was most often used as a blender -- combined with sencha to increase the quality of a large volume of sencha, or with gyokuro (tea shaded for approximately 3 weeks) to increase the quantity of gyokuro. Recently, it is sold by itself as more farmers attempt to create unique products for the market.

\n

Tea farmer Shinichi Kihara inherited his farm from his father and follows an agricultural philosophy that prohibits the use of fertilizer and pesticides (synthetic, natural, organic or otherwise). This type of agricultural, called Shumei Natural Agriculture, aims to produce food that is as natural as possible. For this reason, the flavor profile attained will be different from other Kabusecha found on this site.

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Flavor Guide

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Product Info

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\n\"Engawa
Also available in an Engawa Gift Can format.
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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 2nd place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Nakata Tea Garden (両丹いきいきファーム) in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 2nd place award is the Ministry of Agriculture Farming Division Manager Award 農林水産省農産局長賞 at the National Tea Competition

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The farm has won many awards over the years at all levels of Japan's tea competitions including the National level.

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Also available in an Engawa Gift Can format.
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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 2nd place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Nakata Tea Garden (両丹いきいきファーム) in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 2nd place award is the Ministry of Agriculture Farming Division Manager Award 農林水産省農産局長賞 at the National Tea Competition

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The farm has won many awards over the years at all levels of Japan's tea competitions including the National level.

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Steeping Recommendation - Warm Water Steeping

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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 5th place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Konishi Tea Coop in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 5th place award is the 全国茶商工業協同組合連合会理事長賞 (Japan Tea Association Chairman's Award)

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The coop has won many awards over the years at all levels of Japan's tea competitions including the National level.

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Also available in 10g and 100g sizes

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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 5th place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Konishi Tea Coop in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 5th place award is the 全国茶商工業協同組合連合会理事長賞 (Japan Tea Association Chairman's Award)

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The 2nd place award is the Ministry of Agriculture Farming Division Manager Award 農林水産省農産局長賞 at the National Tea Competition

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Osada Tea helped us place bids at the 2024 National Tea Competition auction providing Yunomi Tea Enthusiasts access to the 2nd place winning Kabusecha cultivated by the tea farmers of the Nakata Tea Garden (両丹いきいきファーム) in Ayabe Village in northern Kyoto.

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The 2nd place award is the Ministry of Agriculture Farming Division Manager Award 農林水産省農産局長賞 at the National Tea Competition

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The farm has won many awards over the years at all levels of Japan's tea competitions including the National level.

\n

Also available in 10g and 100g sizes

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Steeping Recommendation - Warm Water Steeping

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#0003.K6 Obubu Tea: Sencha of the Wind, Shaded Spring Green Tea

8 Reviews
$4.29 AUD
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A tea popular with female customers in Japan, our Sencha of the Wind or 風の煎茶, is a sencha with a soft sweetness that is perfect for our warm water (sencha espresso) steeping method. Steep it with boiling water though, and surprisingly the tea retains much of its sweetness.

Grown on southeast facing rolling hills at an altitude of 500 meters (1640 feet) and harvested in late May, the cultivation technique is very similar to our Kabuse Sencha. However, in addition to being harvested slightly later than the Kabuse, this tea does not use the Yabukita variety of tea plant (said to be the most suitable for Japanese tea) and is instead uses leaves from non-cultivar specific tea plants (called zairai). 

"Zairai" refers to plants grown from seeds taken from plants in existence before the recognition of specific cultivars. The name literally means "coming from existing (plants)"


FLAVOR GUIDE

SWEETNESS
★★★★★
BITTERNESS
★★★
FRAGRANCE
Like the fresh wind of spring
BREWED LEAVES
★★★★★ - Deliciously tender

HEALTH INFO

Catechin
★★
Theanine
★★★★★
Caffeine
★★★
Vitamin C
★★★
Chlorophyll
★★★★

The above info are relative estimations based on cultivation and processing methods. They may also be affected by the steeping technique used, by storage conditions, etc.

PRODUCT INFO

NAME
Sencha of the Wind
INGREDIENTS
100% aracha from Wazuka, Kyoto
TEA PLANT
Standard plants, about 30 years old
HARVEST PERIOD
late-May
CULTIVATION NOTES
Covered for 14 days before harvesting with tarp to reduce 85% of sunlight reaching the leaves
PROCESSING NOTES
light steaming (about 20 seconds)
PRODUCER
Akihiro Kita, President, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

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Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

#0003.K6 Obubu Tea: Sencha of the Wind, Shaded Spring Green Tea

From $4.29 AUD

A tea popular with female customers in Japan, our Sencha of the Wind or 風の煎茶, is a sencha with a soft sweetness that is perfect for our warm water (sencha espresso) steeping method. Steep it with boiling water though, and surprisingly the tea retains much of its sweetness.

Grown on southeast facing rolling hills at an altitude of 500 meters (1640 feet) and harvested in late May, the cultivation technique is very similar to our Kabuse Sencha. However, in addition to being harvested slightly later than the Kabuse, this tea does not use the Yabukita variety of tea plant (said to be the most suitable for Japanese tea) and is instead uses leaves from non-cultivar specific tea plants (called zairai). 

"Zairai" refers to plants grown from seeds taken from plants in existence before the recognition of specific cultivars. The name literally means "coming from existing (plants)"


FLAVOR GUIDE

SWEETNESS
★★★★★
BITTERNESS
★★★
FRAGRANCE
Like the fresh wind of spring
BREWED LEAVES
★★★★★ - Deliciously tender

HEALTH INFO

Catechin
★★
Theanine
★★★★★
Caffeine
★★★
Vitamin C
★★★
Chlorophyll
★★★★

The above info are relative estimations based on cultivation and processing methods. They may also be affected by the steeping technique used, by storage conditions, etc.

PRODUCT INFO

NAME
Sencha of the Wind
INGREDIENTS
100% aracha from Wazuka, Kyoto
TEA PLANT
Standard plants, about 30 years old
HARVEST PERIOD
late-May
CULTIVATION NOTES
Covered for 14 days before harvesting with tarp to reduce 85% of sunlight reaching the leaves
PROCESSING NOTES
light steaming (about 20 seconds)
PRODUCER
Akihiro Kita, President, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

Size

  • [2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / Harvested late May / Yunomi sample bag
  • [2024] 80g / 2.8 oz / Harvested late May
  • [2024] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / Harvested late May (Procured on demand)
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