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The only way an aspiring tea connoisseur can truly become an expert in Japanese tea is to taste widely with specific knowledge of each tea tasted. The tea type, the harvest season, specific cultivation and processing notes, the cultivars, the regions...as much information as possible is included on each Yunomi label. With a catalog of nearly 1000 teas from nearly a hundred different Japanese farms, factories and specialists, Yunomi is your guide on this journey through Japan.
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Note: The Ultimate Set will include the previous year's harvest until June when we have sample sizes of a wide variety of teas from the most recent harvest.
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Product info
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Random selection of 15 or more tea samples (see variants for details)
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\nNet weight: 150 grams in total (average 10g per tea but some tea samples may be more and some less)
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\nSelection criteria: Teas are selected at random at the time of purchase.
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\nProcessing time: Please give us a week to select the teas for the set from our catalog. There may be certain teas we believe would be complimentary to others in the set but need to be repacked at the time of selection.
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\nRegion: All Japanese-grown and processed teas or tisanes
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\nHarvest: Not all teas are from the most recent harvest, though green teas will mainly be from the most recent year (starting in July of that year). Black teas, oolong teas, and other teas may be aged.
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Four different matcha products from our extensive matcha catalog (60+ products and growing), chosen at random according to the below criteria. The minimum retail value is for guidance in our selection.
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Bronze Selections
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2 Culinary Grade Matcha, 100g
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2 Basic Ceremonial Grade Matcha, 30g
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2 Standard Ceremonial Grade Matcha, 20-40g \n
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Minimum total retail value: JPY6000
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Silver Selections
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3 Standard Grade Matcha, 20-40g
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3 Premium Grade Matcha, 20-40g
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Minimum total retail value: JPY12,000
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Gold Selections
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3 Premium Grade Matcha, 20-40g
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3 Imperial or Heritage Grade Matcha, 20-40g
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Four different matcha products from our extensive matcha catalog (60+ products and growing), chosen at random according to the below criteria. The minimum retail value is for guidance in our selection.
You can do this lesson without purchasing this particular product, but with any tea. However, in this lesson specifically we want you to experiment with the five parameters of steeping to learn how each might affect the flavor your extract from the leaf.
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The Set includes:
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2 x 10 grams of an unshaded sencha
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2 x 10 grams of Kabusecha
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2 x 10 grams of Gyokuro
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Note: May not be the same tea leaves pictured in the photos.
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Five Factors
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water type
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water amount
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water temperature
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tea leaf amount
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steeping time
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There are five factors that you control to determine the type of green tea you can create given a certain tea leaf: the amount of tea leaf, the amount of time you steep that leaf, and the type, amount, and temperature of the water you use.
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Water type is mainly related to the mineral content of the water, or the water hardness. This will affect the taste of the tea as well, with soft water generally recommended for Japanese teas. In many countries, bottled water products often have the hardness of the water listed in small print on the back label along with the pH balance. Testing various water types is an interesting experiment.
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The amount of tea leaf and water you use are inversely proportional and determine the strength of your tea. Use more tea leaf or less water for stronger tea, more water and less leaf for weaker tea.
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Steeping time also affects the strength of the flavor, a longer steeping time resulting in a stronger flavor.
\nFinally, water temperature affects a Japanese green tea leaf in a very interesting way. At cooler temperatures, sweet and umami flavors (caused mainly by theanine amino acids) are extracted from the leaf while at hot temperatures these flavors are extracted along with bitter and astringent flavors caused mainly by chemical compounds called catechins (which are also antioxidants).
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The lesson: Steeping time & water temperature
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Controlling these factors while experimenting with one component is the perfect way to learn how to steep tea to create the flavor that most suits your own taste palette.
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While you should experiment with all the factors, we believe that time and temperature are both the most interesting and important factors to demonstrate the versatility of flavor in green tea leaves from Japan.
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Controlling for time
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The first and easiest experiment is with time (and strictly speaking water amount).
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Prepare a tea pot, a teaspoon and four cups. Be sure that each of the items have been pre-heated with your hot water.
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Take 5 grams of the kabusecha included, and steep it with water at 90C/194F degrees utilizing 200 ml of water.
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After 15 seconds, pour out a teaspoon of water into the first cup.
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Repeat at 45 seconds, 90 seconds, and pour the rest at 3 minutes.
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Notes: You will notice that the longer the time, the stronger the tea becomes. In this experiment, both the amount of water decreases and you disturb the tea leaf as well, and these two factors also increase the strength of the tea for a more pronounced result. For a more accurate experiment, you will need to control for this using multiple tea pots.
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Controlling for Temperature
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In the second experiment, you need a tea pot and again four cups. However, this time, you will need to steep several sets of tea leaves.
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\nCup 1: Prepare 5 grams of kabusecha tea leaf, steeping with 200 ml of water for 120 seconds. Use 90C/194F degrees.
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\nCup 2: Prepare with the same recipe, using 70C/158F degrees.
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\nCup 3: Prepare with the same recipe, using 50C/122F degrees. Save this leaf, because you will steep it again.
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Compare the flavors between these three cups. Cup 3 will have the least astringency and the strongest umami / sweet taste. However, the catechins remain in the leaf.
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\nCup 4: Steep the leaves used in Cup 3 a second time for Cup 4 with water that is at 90C/194F degrees. Compare the difference in flavor between Cup 1. Was it the same or different? If you notice a difference, you have a pretty good taste palette. The tea leaf has already been primed so should have actually delivered a strong brew than Cup 1 but without the umami flavors added.
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Comparing types of leaves
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Different types of green tea will also result in different flavors. The teas that come with this set represent two extremes: kabusecha is a tea in which the leaves have been shaded to increase the amount of theanine. Bancha though is a leaf that has been allowed to grow large and in the direct sunlight meaning it both has very little theanine / more catechin, as well as less strength of flavor overall.
You can do this lesson without purchasing this particular product, but with any tea. However, in this lesson specifically we want you to experiment with the five parameters of steeping to learn how each might affect the flavor your extract from the leaf.
\n
The Set includes:
\n
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2 x 10 grams of an unshaded sencha
\n
2 x 10 grams of Kabusecha
\n
2 x 10 grams of Gyokuro
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Note: May not be the same tea leaves pictured in the photos.
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\n
\n
Five Factors
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water type
\n
water amount
\n
water temperature
\n
tea leaf amount
\n
steeping time
\n\n
There are five factors that you control to determine the type of green tea you can create given a certain tea leaf: the amount of tea leaf, the amount of time you steep that leaf, and the type, amount, and temperature of the water you use.
\n
Water type is mainly related to the mineral content of the water, or the water hardness. This will affect the taste of the tea as well, with soft water generally recommended for Japanese teas. In many countries, bottled water products often have the hardness of the water listed in small print on the back label along with the pH balance. Testing various water types is an interesting experiment.
\n
The amount of tea leaf and water you use are inversely proportional and determine the strength of your tea. Use more tea leaf or less water for stronger tea, more water and less leaf for weaker tea.
\n
Steeping time also affects the strength of the flavor, a longer steeping time resulting in a stronger flavor.
\nFinally, water temperature affects a Japanese green tea leaf in a very interesting way. At cooler temperatures, sweet and umami flavors (caused mainly by theanine amino acids) are extracted from the leaf while at hot temperatures these flavors are extracted along with bitter and astringent flavors caused mainly by chemical compounds called catechins (which are also antioxidants).
\n
\n
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The lesson: Steeping time & water temperature
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Controlling these factors while experimenting with one component is the perfect way to learn how to steep tea to create the flavor that most suits your own taste palette.
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While you should experiment with all the factors, we believe that time and temperature are both the most interesting and important factors to demonstrate the versatility of flavor in green tea leaves from Japan.
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Controlling for time
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The first and easiest experiment is with time (and strictly speaking water amount).
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Prepare a tea pot, a teaspoon and four cups. Be sure that each of the items have been pre-heated with your hot water.
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Take 5 grams of the kabusecha included, and steep it with water at 90C/194F degrees utilizing 200 ml of water.
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After 15 seconds, pour out a teaspoon of water into the first cup.
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Repeat at 45 seconds, 90 seconds, and pour the rest at 3 minutes.
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Notes: You will notice that the longer the time, the stronger the tea becomes. In this experiment, both the amount of water decreases and you disturb the tea leaf as well, and these two factors also increase the strength of the tea for a more pronounced result. For a more accurate experiment, you will need to control for this using multiple tea pots.
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Controlling for Temperature
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In the second experiment, you need a tea pot and again four cups. However, this time, you will need to steep several sets of tea leaves.
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\nCup 1: Prepare 5 grams of kabusecha tea leaf, steeping with 200 ml of water for 120 seconds. Use 90C/194F degrees.
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\nCup 2: Prepare with the same recipe, using 70C/158F degrees.
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\nCup 3: Prepare with the same recipe, using 50C/122F degrees. Save this leaf, because you will steep it again.
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Compare the flavors between these three cups. Cup 3 will have the least astringency and the strongest umami / sweet taste. However, the catechins remain in the leaf.
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\nCup 4: Steep the leaves used in Cup 3 a second time for Cup 4 with water that is at 90C/194F degrees. Compare the difference in flavor between Cup 1. Was it the same or different? If you notice a difference, you have a pretty good taste palette. The tea leaf has already been primed so should have actually delivered a strong brew than Cup 1 but without the umami flavors added.
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Comparing types of leaves
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Different types of green tea will also result in different flavors. The teas that come with this set represent two extremes: kabusecha is a tea in which the leaves have been shaded to increase the amount of theanine. Bancha though is a leaf that has been allowed to grow large and in the direct sunlight meaning it both has very little theanine / more catechin, as well as less strength of flavor overall.
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Become a Tea Explorer!
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Yunomi.life's Explorations Subscription Box delivers a wide variety of unique Japanese teas to you four times a year. We hope this will help you or your loved one explore Japan through tea tasting. Enjoy a variety of green teas of course, but also folk teas from rural villages, uniquely Japanese black and oolong tea, roasted teas, and more.
\n
Tea Explorers receive 10% OFF tea on Yunomi.life
\n
CONDITIONS: Subscribers will receive a discount code for their personal use. Discount code is only good on one-time purchases. In some cases, this discount may combined with other coupon codes. If you are subscribed to a different membership, that membership may take priority and discounts do not stack. Other conditions may apply.
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In every box, you'll receive eleven teas (10 grams each), two ingredients (non-tea herbs or dried fruit, etc — what we call \"tisanes\" in the tea industry) that can be blended with your tea or enjoyed by themselves, and finally two snacks — a sweet Japanese treat and a salty Japanese snack.
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11 teas (10g each)
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2 tisanes (herbs or dried fruit from Japan)
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2 snacks
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All of the items are, of course, produced in Japan, and will come from Yunomi.life Partners — small-scale, often family-owned tea farms, factories, and artisanal food producers.
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The box will also contain descriptions of each item, and blending suggestions in case you want to try creating your own blended teas with the included tea blending ingredients.
\n
Whether you are a tea enthusiast, a professional finding innovative ways to use Japanese tea, a beginner exploring new flavours, or anyone else — as long as you want to experience unique Japanese teas, this box is for you!
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This product is tailored specifically for you once you've placed an order, so it may take a little longer for us to deliver. Our approach of producing on demand rather than in bulk helps minimize waste and we appreciate your mindful purchasing choices!
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This product is tailored specifically for you once you've placed an order, so it may take a little longer for us to deliver. Our approach of producing on demand rather than in bulk helps minimize waste and we appreciate your mindful purchasing choices!
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The only way an aspiring tea connoisseur can truly become an expert in Japanese tea is to taste widely with specific knowledge of each tea tasted. The tea type, the harvest season, specific cultivation and processing notes, the cultivars, the regions...as much information as possible is included on each Yunomi label. With a catalog of nearly 1000 teas from nearly a hundred different Japanese farms, factories and specialists, Yunomi is your guide on this journey through Japan.
Note: The Ultimate Set will include the previous year's harvest until June when we have sample sizes of a wide variety of teas from the most recent harvest.
Product info
Random selection of 15 or more tea samples (see variants for details)
Net weight: 150 grams in total (average 10g per tea but some tea samples may be more and some less)
Selection criteria: Teas are selected at random at the time of purchase.
Processing time: Please give us a week to select the teas for the set from our catalog. There may be certain teas we believe would be complimentary to others in the set but need to be repacked at the time of selection.
Region: All Japanese-grown and processed teas or tisanes
Harvest: Not all teas are from the most recent harvest, though green teas will mainly be from the most recent year (starting in July of that year). Black teas, oolong teas, and other teas may be aged.
The Ultimate Japanese Tea Sampler (At least 15 teas / 150g or more! Allow 1 week prep time.)
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The only way an aspiring tea connoisseur can truly become an expert in Japanese tea is to taste widely with specific knowledge of each tea tasted. The tea type, the harvest season, specific cultivation and processing notes, the cultivars, the regions...as much information as possible is included on each Yunomi label. With a catalog of nearly 1000 teas from nearly a hundred different Japanese farms, factories and specialists, Yunomi is your guide on this journey through Japan.
Note: The Ultimate Set will include the previous year's harvest until June when we have sample sizes of a wide variety of teas from the most recent harvest.
Product info
Random selection of 15 or more tea samples (see variants for details)
Net weight: 150 grams in total (average 10g per tea but some tea samples may be more and some less)
Selection criteria: Teas are selected at random at the time of purchase.
Processing time: Please give us a week to select the teas for the set from our catalog. There may be certain teas we believe would be complimentary to others in the set but need to be repacked at the time of selection.
Region: All Japanese-grown and processed teas or tisanes
Harvest: Not all teas are from the most recent harvest, though green teas will mainly be from the most recent year (starting in July of that year). Black teas, oolong teas, and other teas may be aged.
Options
10 green teas / 3 black teas / 3 oolong teas / 2 hojicha teas
8 green teas / 5 hojicha teas / 2 random teas
15 green teas (no roasted / no blended / no black etc)
