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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.
The Champagne of green tea, picked carefully by hand, Kenji Miyano's careful selection of the best of the best leaves go into this delight for connoisseurs.
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Steeping Info
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\nTea: 3 grams\n
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Time: 3 minutes
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Water temperature: 50C/122F degrees
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Water amount: 60 ml
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\nResteeping: For second steep, use 1 cup of 80C/176F degree water and steep for 10-15 seconds. For your third steep, use a time of about 40 seconds.\n
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green Tea\n
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\nHarvest: Spring\n
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\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama, Japan \n
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\nNotes: Picked by hand
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\nStorage: Store airtight in cool, dry place.
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About Miyano Tea Factory
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The Champagne of green tea, picked carefully by hand, Kenji Miyano's careful selection of the best of the best leaves go into this delight for connoisseurs.
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Steeping Info
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\nTea: 3 grams\n
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Time: 3 minutes
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Water temperature: 50C/122F degrees
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Water amount: 60 ml
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\nResteeping: For second steep, use 1 cup of 80C/176F degree water and steep for 10-15 seconds. For your third steep, use a time of about 40 seconds.\n
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green Tea\n
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\nHarvest: Spring\n
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\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama, Japan \n
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\nNotes: Picked by hand
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\nStorage: Store airtight in cool, dry place.
\n
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About Miyano Tea Factory
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This family operated factory has been in business since 1869, and just celebrated their 150th anniversary. Takehisa Miyanocultivates tea onhis own where he also often holds tea picking events and seminars, but as a factory, he buys quality tea leaves from farmers throughout the Sayama region, blending expertly into the very best teas.
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The highest quality, handpicked gokou tea leaves from the Shimaoka Tea Farm in Ujitawara, Kyoto, are refined into delicate needles of umami by the Nishide family.
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Name: Handpicked Gyokuro Gokou by The Shimaoka Tea Farm
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Japanese name: 下岡茶園 田原玉露手摘ごこう
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Ingredients: Green Tea
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Harvest: May
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Notes: Shaded for about 4 weeks prior to harvest. Regular steaming.
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The highest quality, handpicked gokou tea leaves from the Shimaoka Tea Farm in Ujitawara, Kyoto, are refined into delicate needles of umami by the Nishide family.
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Name: Handpicked Gyokuro Gokou by The Shimaoka Tea Farm
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Japanese name: 下岡茶園 田原玉露手摘ごこう
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Ingredients: Green Tea
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Harvest: May
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Region: Ujitawara, Kyoto
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Notes: Shaded for about 4 weeks prior to harvest. Regular steaming.
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The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green tea
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\nHarvest: Spring
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\nCultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, steamed lightly, rolled, dried, blended with handpicked Gyokuro.
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The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green tea
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\nHarvest: Spring
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\nCultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, steamed lightly, rolled, dried, blended with handpicked Gyokuro.
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The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
Handpicked gyokuro green tea from Uji submitted to the Uji Tea Competition. This reserve quality selection of tea leaves are aged to enhance the sweetness of the tea, and produced in micro-lots of a few kilograms per year.
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green tea
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\nHarvest: Spring
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\nCultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, handpicked specifically for submission to competition.
\nAddress: 59 Higashiokutani Zenjyoji, Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto 610-0201, Japan
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The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
Handpicked gyokuro green tea from Uji submitted to the Uji Tea Competition. This reserve quality selection of tea leaves are aged to enhance the sweetness of the tea, and produced in micro-lots of a few kilograms per year.
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Product Info
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\nIngredients: Green tea
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\nHarvest: Spring
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\nCultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, handpicked specifically for submission to competition.
\nAddress: 59 Higashiokutani Zenjyoji, Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto 610-0201, Japan
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The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.
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A more standard steeping method would be to use 3-5 grams steeping in 200 ml of water at 60C/140F for about 60 seconds. The second steep after that can be hotter water, poured in and out of your tea pot without waiting. A 3rd or 4th steep can use hotter water and a longer steep (30-60 seconds).
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Remember, hotter water yields more bitterness while cooler yields sweetness. Longer time / more leaves also increases the strength of the tea.
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The science: theanine amino acids are plentiful at the beginning of a leaf's lifespan. As the leaf is exposed to sunlight and photosynthesis occurs, catechin (an antioxidant) is produced giving an increasingly bitter flavor to the leaf. This tea, therefore, is rich in the theanine amino acids that produce sweet, savory flavors in the sencha.
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Tasting notes
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Wow! Steeped at about 60C/140F for about 60 seconds instead of the even lower temperature recommended above, the leaf produces a beautiful translucent yellow green color. The liquor is delicately sweet and refined with a notes of citrus in the slightly astringent aftertaste.
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Product Info
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Name: Handpicked Midori First Flush
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Ingredients: 100% Shizuoka-grown green tea leaves
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Harvest: Late April harvest
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Cultivation Notes: Grown pesticide free. Fertilized with organic compost. Machine cut trim of the youngest, topmost leaves, and handpicked leaves.
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Region: Fujieda, Shizuoka
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Vendor type: Family-operated farm cooperative.
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Established: 1976
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Producer: Toshiaki Kinezuka, President, Hito to No, Shizen wo Tsunagu Kai (NaturaliTea)
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The young leaf buds, having been prepared since the previous fall, are filled with nutrients stocked up by the plant over the long, cold winter. This produces the highest grade of tea leaf with an extra strong flavor. A blend of machine-cut trim of the youngest, topmost leaves, and leaves handpicked from a select number of the Kinezuka family and partners' best fields at the very beginning of the shincha season this is the youngest tea leaf you can find and therefore called Hashiri Shincha 走り新茶 — literally “run to get the new tea leaves”
Our recommend steeping method is to use water cooled to about 40˚C/105˚F steeped for 2-3 minutes for the best balance between sweetness and umami (savory) flavors.
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A more standard steeping method would be to use 3-5 grams steeping in 200 ml of water at 60C/140F for about 60 seconds. The second steep after that can be hotter water, poured in and out of your tea pot without waiting. A 3rd or 4th steep can use hotter water and a longer steep (30-60 seconds).
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Remember, hotter water yields more bitterness while cooler yields sweetness. Longer time / more leaves also increases the strength of the tea.
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The science: theanine amino acids are plentiful at the beginning of a leaf's lifespan. As the leaf is exposed to sunlight and photosynthesis occurs, catechin (an antioxidant) is produced giving an increasingly bitter flavor to the leaf. This tea, therefore, is rich in the theanine amino acids that produce sweet, savory flavors in the sencha.
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Tasting notes
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Wow! Steeped at about 60C/140F for about 60 seconds instead of the even lower temperature recommended above, the leaf produces a beautiful translucent yellow green color. The liquor is delicately sweet and refined with a notes of citrus in the slightly astringent aftertaste.
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Product Info
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Name: Handpicked Midori First Flush
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Ingredients: 100% Shizuoka-grown green tea leaves
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Harvest: Late April harvest
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Cultivation Notes: Grown pesticide free. Fertilized with organic compost. Machine cut trim of the youngest, topmost leaves, and handpicked leaves.
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Region: Fujieda, Shizuoka
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Vendor type: Family-operated farm cooperative.
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Established: 1976
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Producer: Toshiaki Kinezuka, President, Hito to No, Shizen wo Tsunagu Kai (NaturaliTea)
NaturaliTea is a private cooperative of farmers managed by the Kinezuka family, whose own tea fields produce over 20% of the cooperative's teas. Based in the hills of Fujieda, Shizuoka, the cooperative was established nearly 40 years ago by Toshiaki Kinezuka. Farmers in the cooperative develop techniques together to grow tea, rice, and vegetables without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
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