\n","published_at":"2021-06-12T23:45:16+09:00","created_at":"2021-06-12T23:45:16+09:00","vendor":"Hiraoka Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2024 Shincha","2025 Shincha","farm","green tea","Harvest_Spring","hvala sencha","Limited Edition","Notes_Single Estate","P35","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","regular steaming","saitama","sencha","single estate","spring","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Sencha","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30"],"price":59000,"price_min":59000,"price_max":1800000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39492334813289,"title":"10g / 0.35 oz / Yunomi bag","option1":"10g / 0.35 oz / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"HRKG114-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships June - #0324.S2 Hiraoka Tea Garden: 2025 Shincha - Premium Grade Sencha \"Sakura\"【新茶】特上煎茶「桜」 - 10g / 0.35 oz / Yunomi bag","public_title":"10g / 0.35 oz / Yunomi bag","options":["10g / 0.35 oz / Yunomi bag"],"price":59000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41425892671593,"title":"100g / 3.5 oz / Original bag with Yunomi label","option1":"100g / 3.5 oz / Original bag with Yunomi label","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"HRKG114-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships June - #0324.S2 Hiraoka Tea Garden: 2025 Shincha - Premium Grade Sencha \"Sakura\"【新茶】特上煎茶「桜」 - 100g / 3.5 oz / Original bag with Yunomi label","public_title":"100g / 3.5 oz / Original bag with Yunomi label","options":["100g / 3.5 oz / Original bag with Yunomi label"],"price":388000,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":42200151031913,"title":"MULTIPACK 500g (100g x 5 original bags) / 1.1 lbs","option1":"MULTIPACK 500g (100g x 5 original bags) / 1.1 lbs","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"HRKG114-100x5-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships June - #0324.S2 Hiraoka Tea Garden: 2025 Shincha - Premium Grade Sencha \"Sakura\"【新茶】特上煎茶「桜」 - MULTIPACK 500g (100g x 5 original bags) / 1.1 lbs","public_title":"MULTIPACK 500g (100g x 5 original bags) / 1.1 lbs","options":["MULTIPACK 500g (100g x 5 original bags) / 1.1 lbs"],"price":1800000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/5D583E50-49F4-453F-92F8-1FC0ADDA5F89.jpg?v=1692158869","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/Hiraoka-Tadahito.jpg?v=1624071912","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hiraoka-tea-garden-2022-shincha-imperial-grade-handpicked-sencha-687989.jpg?v=1663992857","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/hiraoka-harumidori-tea-field.jpg?v=1743926355"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/5D583E50-49F4-453F-92F8-1FC0ADDA5F89.jpg?v=1692158869","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23426546368617,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"width":1080,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/5D583E50-49F4-453F-92F8-1FC0ADDA5F89.jpg?v=1692158869"},"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/5D583E50-49F4-453F-92F8-1FC0ADDA5F89.jpg?v=1692158869","width":1080},{"alt":null,"id":20771307749481,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":508,"width":508,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/Hiraoka-Tadahito.jpg?v=1624071912"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":508,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/Hiraoka-Tadahito.jpg?v=1624071912","width":508},{"alt":"Hiraoka Tea Garden","id":22781334782057,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hiraoka-tea-garden-2022-shincha-imperial-grade-handpicked-sencha-687989.jpg?v=1663992857"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hiraoka-tea-garden-2022-shincha-imperial-grade-handpicked-sencha-687989.jpg?v=1663992857","width":2048},{"alt":null,"id":25431985848425,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1430,"width":1430,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/hiraoka-harumidori-tea-field.jpg?v=1743926355"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1430,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/hiraoka-harumidori-tea-field.jpg?v=1743926355","width":1430}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
\n
Hiraoka Tadahito harvests around a dozen cultivars in his various tea fields in Sayama, just north of Tokyo. Grading the different batches, he separates and blends them together to create a series of excellent sencha products.
\n
Steeping Notes \n
\n
\n
\nTea: 5 grams
\n
\nTime: 60 seconds
\n
\nWater: 70C/160F, 200 ml
\n
Use hotter temperature for more astringency, cooler temperature for more sweetness. Also take a look at our steeping techniques section for info on cold steeping and ice steeping, etc.
\n
\n
Product Info
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green Tea
\n
\nCultivar: Blend of mainly Yabukita
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
Producer Info
\n
\n
\nName: Hiraoka Tea Garden
\n
\nCEO: Tadahito Hiraoka
\n
\nLocation: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\nEstablished: During the Edo Period (1600 - 1868, exact date unknown)
"},{"id":4758254125161,"title":"PREORDER ships May - #0581.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden","handle":"withered-sencha-green-tea-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden","description":"
Winner of
\n
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Okuharuka
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Okuharuka
\n
","published_at":"2020-10-09T14:36:24+09:00","created_at":"2020-07-27T01:19:26+09:00","vendor":"Okutomi Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2025 Shincha","award winning","bulk","Cultivar_Okuharuka","family business","family-owned Japanese tea farms","farm","green tea","Notes_Award Winning","Notes_Single Cultivar","Notes_Single Estate","okuharuka","P25","photo needed","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","saitama","sayama","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","single cultivar","single estate","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","tea farm","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale50","withered"],"price":49000,"price_min":49000,"price_max":2300000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41498147389545,"title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","option1":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi04-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships May - #0581.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","public_title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","options":["[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May"],"price":49000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40591226339433,"title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","option1":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi04-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships May - #0581.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","public_title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","options":["[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May"],"price":289900,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"65588329","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":32670865621097,"title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option1":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi04-1kg-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships May - #0581.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","public_title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","options":["[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag"],"price":2300000,"weight":1000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"65621097","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-227123.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-542521.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-808576.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-573474.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-622762.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-173688.jpg?v=1709347270","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-227123.jpg?v=1709347270","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502193769,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-227123.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-227123.jpg?v=1709347270","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502226537,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-542521.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-542521.jpg?v=1709347270","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502259305,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"width":500,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-808576.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-808576.jpg?v=1709347270","width":500},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502292073,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"width":500,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-573474.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-573474.jpg?v=1709347270","width":500},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502324841,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1380,"width":1380,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-622762.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1380,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-622762.jpg?v=1709347270","width":1380},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #04 Okuharuka, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781502357609,"position":6,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":720,"width":960,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-173688.jpg?v=1709347270"},"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":720,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-04-okuharuka-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-173688.jpg?v=1709347270","width":960},{"alt":null,"id":24170011132009,"position":7,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
Winner of
\n
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Okuharuka
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Okuharuka
\n
"},{"id":4758253830249,"title":"PREORDER ships late May - #0580.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden","handle":"withered-sencha-green-tea-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden","description":"
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Hokumei
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Hokumei
\n
","published_at":"2020-10-09T14:36:20+09:00","created_at":"2020-07-27T01:18:04+09:00","vendor":"Okutomi Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2025 Shincha","bulk","Cultivar_Hokumei","family business","family-owned Japanese tea farms","farm","green tea","Hokumei","Notes_Single Cultivar","Notes_Single Estate","P25","photo needed","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","saitama","sayama","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","single cultivar","single estate","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","tea farm","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale50","withered"],"price":49000,"price_min":49000,"price_max":2300000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41498147127401,"title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi03-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0580.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":49000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41498147160169,"title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi03-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0580.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":289900,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":32670865129577,"title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option1":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi03-1kg-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0580.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","public_title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","options":["[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag"],"price":2300000,"weight":1000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"65129577","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":42235739832425,"title":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi03-100-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0580.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":231900,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":13,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-171166.jpg?v=1709347585","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-490918.jpg?v=1709347585","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-149964.jpg?v=1709347585","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-171166.jpg?v=1709347585","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781504946281,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":2048,"width":2046,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-171166.jpg?v=1709347585"},"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-171166.jpg?v=1709347585","width":2046},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781504979049,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-490918.jpg?v=1709347585"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-490918.jpg?v=1709347585","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #03 Hokumei, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781505011817,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"width":500,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-149964.jpg?v=1709347585"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-03-hokumei-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-149964.jpg?v=1709347585","width":500},{"alt":null,"id":24170011132009,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Hokumei
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Hokumei
\n
"},{"id":4758249570409,"title":"PREORDER ships late May - #0578.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden","handle":"withered-sencha-green-tea-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden","description":"
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Yume Wakaba
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Yume Wakaba
\n
The Yume Wakaba cultivar was registered in 2006, a cross of Yabukita and an unnamed cultivar with the designation Saitama #9. The cultivar is recognized for having a strong floral aroma after withering, and a strong umami flavor making it suitable for gyokuro as well.
","published_at":"2020-10-09T14:36:13+09:00","created_at":"2020-07-27T00:48:17+09:00","vendor":"Okutomi Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2025 Shincha","bulk","Cultivar_Yume Wakaba","family business","family-owned Japanese tea farms","farm","green tea","Notes_Single Cultivar","Notes_Single Estate","P30","photo needed","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","saitama","sale","sayama","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","single cultivar","single estate","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","tea farm","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale50","withered","Yume Wakaba"],"price":55000,"price_min":55000,"price_max":3000000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41498143850601,"title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi01-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0578.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":55000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41498143883369,"title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi01-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0578.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":349900,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":11,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":32670847828073,"title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option1":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi01-1kg-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0578.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","public_title":"[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag","options":["[2025] 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May / Bulk bag"],"price":3000000,"weight":1000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"47828073","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":42235732361321,"title":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"oktmi01-100-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships late May - #0578.S2 Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - [2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024 -20%off] 100g / 3.5 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":279900,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-714025.jpg?v=1709347413","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-544351.jpg?v=1709347413","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-917789.jpg?v=1709347413","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704431.jpg?v=1713500639","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-699545.jpg?v=1713500639","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-208922.jpg?v=1713500639","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704221.jpg?v=1713500639"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-714025.jpg?v=1709347413","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499474025,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-714025.jpg?v=1709347413"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-714025.jpg?v=1709347413","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499506793,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-544351.jpg?v=1709347413"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-544351.jpg?v=1709347413","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499539561,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"width":500,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-917789.jpg?v=1709347413"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":500,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-917789.jpg?v=1709347413","width":500},{"alt":null,"id":24170011132009,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/YunomiBag-GreenTea_fd56a417-f067-4e67-a2ba-a17f32930423.png?v=1739757997","width":1000},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499572329,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":960,"width":720,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704431.jpg?v=1713500639"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":960,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704431.jpg?v=1713500639","width":720},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499605097,"position":6,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-699545.jpg?v=1713500639"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-699545.jpg?v=1713500639","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499637865,"position":7,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-208922.jpg?v=1713500639"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-208922.jpg?v=1713500639","width":2048},{"alt":"Withered Sencha Green Tea - #01 Yume Wakaba, Single Cultivar by Okutomi Tea Garden - Yunomi.life","id":22781499670633,"position":8,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":960,"width":720,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704221.jpg?v=1713500639"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":960,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/withered-sencha-green-tea-01-yume-wakaba-single-cultivar-by-okutomi-tea-garden-704221.jpg?v=1713500639","width":720}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
From 7-time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma.
\n
This type of tea is known as ichoucha - \"withered tea\" - and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very slight amount enzymatic oxidization, the same process used to create oolong and black teas. Doing this adds floral notes to the leaf.
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: Yume Wakaba
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama
\n
\n
\n
The Cultivar - Yume Wakaba
\n
The Yume Wakaba cultivar was registered in 2006, a cross of Yabukita and an unnamed cultivar with the designation Saitama #9. The cultivar is recognized for having a strong floral aroma after withering, and a strong umami flavor making it suitable for gyokuro as well.
"},{"id":4687140159593,"title":"PREORDER ships June - #0729.S2 Yoshino Tea Garden: Sai no Midori Single Cultivar Sayama Sencha Green Tea","handle":"sai-no-midori-single-cultivar-sencha-sayama-saitama","description":"
Family-run tea garden, Yoshino Tea Garden, was one of the first to grow this still new and rare cultivar (Sai no Midori) in Saitama before it was even given the name Sai no Midori. The cultivar takes its DNA from a child plant of Sayama Kaori (also available through the Yoshino Tea Garden as a single cultivar sencha). While it is soft to the palate, it features a rich and strong flavor.
Steep immediately upon second steep, and 30-60 seconds for the third steep.
\n
\n
Product Info
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: 彩のみどり Sai no Midori
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Hidaka City (Sayama), Saitama
\n
\n
\n
Producer Info
\n
\n
\nName: Yoshino Tea Garden
\n
\nType: Family business, farm
\n
\n
The Yoshino family has been farming tea in Sayama, Saitama, for at least 7 generations, and while many farmers cultivate many different cultivars, the current head, Seiichi Yoshino, has made an effort to offer single cultivar sencha to the public. He has also worked on developing his own cultivars, Horai Kincha and Murasaki Kifujin.
","published_at":"2020-06-06T22:26:16+09:00","created_at":"2020-06-06T22:26:17+09:00","vendor":"Yoshino Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2025 Shincha","Cultivar_Sai no Midori","Harvest_Spring","hvala rare","Notes_Single Cultivar","Notes_Single Estate","Price_3 - Affordable","rare","rare tea","Region_Saitama","Sai no Midori","saitama","sencha","single cultivar","single estate","spo-default","spo-disabled","spring","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Sencha","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30"],"price":40000,"price_min":40000,"price_max":200000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39812334878825,"title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / Spring 2025 / Yunomi sample bag","option1":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / Spring 2025 / Yunomi sample bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"YSH01-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships June - #0729.S2 Yoshino Tea Garden: Sai no Midori Single Cultivar Sayama Sencha Green Tea - [2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / Spring 2025 / Yunomi sample bag","public_title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / Spring 2025 / Yunomi sample bag","options":["[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / Spring 2025 / Yunomi sample bag"],"price":40000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":32507822178409,"title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / Spring 2025 / Original bag","option1":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / Spring 2025 / Original bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"YSH01-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships June - #0729.S2 Yoshino Tea Garden: Sai no Midori Single Cultivar Sayama Sencha Green Tea - [2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / Spring 2025 / Original bag","public_title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / Spring 2025 / Original bag","options":["[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / Spring 2025 / Original bag"],"price":200000,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"22178409","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/20240227-114030_0000.png?v=1709001756"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/20240227-114030_0000.png?v=1709001756","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23931951775849,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1080,"width":1080,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/20240227-114030_0000.png?v=1709001756"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1080,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/20240227-114030_0000.png?v=1709001756","width":1080}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
Family-run tea garden, Yoshino Tea Garden, was one of the first to grow this still new and rare cultivar (Sai no Midori) in Saitama before it was even given the name Sai no Midori. The cultivar takes its DNA from a child plant of Sayama Kaori (also available through the Yoshino Tea Garden as a single cultivar sencha). While it is soft to the palate, it features a rich and strong flavor.
Steep immediately upon second steep, and 30-60 seconds for the third steep.
\n
\n
Product Info
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nCultivar: 彩のみどり Sai no Midori
\n
\nHarvest: Spring
\n
\nRegion: Hidaka City (Sayama), Saitama
\n
\n
\n
Producer Info
\n
\n
\nName: Yoshino Tea Garden
\n
\nType: Family business, farm
\n
\n
The Yoshino family has been farming tea in Sayama, Saitama, for at least 7 generations, and while many farmers cultivate many different cultivars, the current head, Seiichi Yoshino, has made an effort to offer single cultivar sencha to the public. He has also worked on developing his own cultivars, Horai Kincha and Murasaki Kifujin.
While many teas tend to be characterized by their stringiness or bitterness, Shimizu-san's Kasumino is characterized by its fruity and refreshing aroma. This aroma is a product of the process of ichoka, in which the harvested tea leaves are withered to enhance their scent. If you would like to enjoy the rich taste of Sayama-cha (tea originating from Takahagi, Hidaka city area in Saitama prefecture) but would also like to appreciate the process of ichoka, the Kasumino tea is the one to try. This blend comes from three tea gardens in the vicinity of Bizenya and is also a blend of cultivars: yabukita, sayamamidori, saemidori and fukumidori.
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
3) 85C (185F), 30 sec - enjoy both the aroma and taste
\n
\n
","published_at":"2020-05-19T20:49:41+09:00","created_at":"2020-05-19T21:02:32+09:00","vendor":"Bizenya","type":"Green Tea","tags":["202503","Cultivar_Fukumidori","Cultivar_Saemidori","Cultivar_Yabukita","Cultivar_Yume Wakaba","green tea","Harvest_Spring","hvala sencha","Ichoucha","Organic_Grown Without Pesticides","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","saitama","sayama","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Factory","Vendor Type_Family Business","wholesale30"],"price":55000,"price_min":55000,"price_max":288800,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41358279442537,"title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT202-010-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0246.S2 Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - [2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":55000,"weight":90,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41358279475305,"title":"[2024] 90g / 3.2 oz / May / Original bag","option1":"[2024] 90g / 3.2 oz / May / Original bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT202-090-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0246.S2 Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - [2024] 90g / 3.2 oz / May / Original bag","public_title":"[2024] 90g / 3.2 oz / May / Original bag","options":["[2024] 90g / 3.2 oz / May / Original bag"],"price":288800,"weight":90,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":9,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/977D7BAE-36E4-42D2-93E3-628D89E120F8.jpg?v=1692261530","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-205014.jpg?v=1692261530","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-637487.jpg?v=1692261530","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-421866.jpg?v=1692261530","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-805663.jpg?v=1692261530"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/977D7BAE-36E4-42D2-93E3-628D89E120F8.jpg?v=1692261530","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23427999957097,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"width":1080,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/977D7BAE-36E4-42D2-93E3-628D89E120F8.jpg?v=1692261530"},"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/977D7BAE-36E4-42D2-93E3-628D89E120F8.jpg?v=1692261530","width":1080},{"alt":"Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - Yunomi.life","id":22798369718377,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":483,"width":483,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-205014.jpg?v=1692261530"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":483,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-205014.jpg?v=1692261530","width":483},{"alt":"Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - Yunomi.life","id":22781292216425,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":487,"width":487,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-637487.jpg?v=1692261530"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":487,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-637487.jpg?v=1692261530","width":487},{"alt":"Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - Yunomi.life","id":22798369751145,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"width":697,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-421866.jpg?v=1692261530"},"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-421866.jpg?v=1692261530","width":697},{"alt":"Bizenya: #06 Kasumino - Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 萎凋香煎茶 霞野 - Yunomi.life","id":22798369783913,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.502,"height":498,"width":748,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-805663.jpg?v=1692261530"},"aspect_ratio":1.502,"height":498,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-06-kasumino-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-805663.jpg?v=1692261530","width":748}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
While many teas tend to be characterized by their stringiness or bitterness, Shimizu-san's Kasumino is characterized by its fruity and refreshing aroma. This aroma is a product of the process of ichoka, in which the harvested tea leaves are withered to enhance their scent. If you would like to enjoy the rich taste of Sayama-cha (tea originating from Takahagi, Hidaka city area in Saitama prefecture) but would also like to appreciate the process of ichoka, the Kasumino tea is the one to try. This blend comes from three tea gardens in the vicinity of Bizenya and is also a blend of cultivars: yabukita, sayamamidori, saemidori and fukumidori.
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
Shimizu-san's Fukimukashi blend is thought to be their finest shincha. This tea originates from Shimizu-san and the Sayama tea farmers’ fields (comes from three tea plantations).
\n
Like Bizenya’s Shourai blend, it consists of aracha (unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered) from three types of cultivars: fukumidori, yumewakaba, and yabukita.
\n\n
After the tea is harvested, it goes through a process of withering in which the tea leaves are first sun dried, then dried in the shade for about half a day to create the aroma. Each cultivar is hand-fired separately using a hoiro (焙炉 a special table with thick washi paper surface that is heated from the bottom), then blended to complete the Shourai blend. This tea was served to the Japanese emperor and empress to accompany their dessert at Koryo Shrine on September 20, 2017.
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
3rd steeping: 85C (185F), 30 sec - Enjoy the refreshing taste and aroma
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
","published_at":"2020-05-19T20:41:41+09:00","created_at":"2020-05-19T20:44:49+09:00","vendor":"Bizenya","type":"Green Tea","tags":["202503","award winning","Cultivar_Fukumidori","Cultivar_Yabukita","Cultivar_Yume Wakaba","family business","green tea","handpicked","Harvest_Spring","Ichoucha","Notes_Award Winning","Notes_Handpicked","Organic_Grown Without Pesticides","photo needed","Price_1 - Luxury","Region_Saitama","saitama","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30","yume wakaba"],"price":99900,"price_min":99900,"price_max":548000,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41305766363241,"title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT203-010-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"#0243.S2 Bizenya: #03 Fukimukashi Blend - Imperial Handpicked Sayama Sencha 最高級手摘み煎茶 富貴昔 - [2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":99900,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41305766396009,"title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option1":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT203-060-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0243.S2 Bizenya: #03 Fukimukashi Blend - Imperial Handpicked Sayama Sencha 最高級手摘み煎茶 富貴昔 - [2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","public_title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","options":["[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag"],"price":548000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":12,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_5b2b7742-11a3-4aab-8c35-64be11c7bdff.jpg?v=1691990815","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-225393.jpg?v=1691990815","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-485282.jpg?v=1691990815","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-600867.jpg?v=1691990815"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_5b2b7742-11a3-4aab-8c35-64be11c7bdff.jpg?v=1691990815","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23425054048361,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2936,"width":2936,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_5b2b7742-11a3-4aab-8c35-64be11c7bdff.jpg?v=1691990815"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2936,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_5b2b7742-11a3-4aab-8c35-64be11c7bdff.jpg?v=1691990815","width":2936},{"alt":"Bizenya: #03 Fukimukashi Blend - 2022 Imperial Handpicked Sayama Sencha 最高級手摘み煎茶 富貴昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22798369882217,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.491,"height":501,"width":747,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-225393.jpg?v=1691990815"},"aspect_ratio":1.491,"height":501,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-225393.jpg?v=1691990815","width":747},{"alt":null,"id":20748710641769,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":360,"width":480,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hqdefault_da82287c-e051-410d-b3a6-3f0f974eb761.jpg?v=1623554234"},"aspect_ratio":1.77,"external_id":"Wy55Eou11bk","host":"youtube","media_type":"external_video"},{"alt":"Bizenya: #03 Fukimukashi Blend - 2022 Imperial Handpicked Sayama Sencha 最高級手摘み煎茶 富貴昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22781288185961,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"width":800,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-485282.jpg?v=1691990815"},"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-485282.jpg?v=1691990815","width":800},{"alt":"Bizenya: #03 Fukimukashi Blend - 2022 Imperial Handpicked Sayama Sencha 最高級手摘み煎茶 富貴昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22781288218729,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"width":800,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-600867.jpg?v=1691990815"},"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-03-fukimukashi-blend-2022-imperial-handpicked-sayama-sencha-600867.jpg?v=1691990815","width":800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
Shimizu-san's Fukimukashi blend is thought to be their finest shincha. This tea originates from Shimizu-san and the Sayama tea farmers’ fields (comes from three tea plantations).
\n
Like Bizenya’s Shourai blend, it consists of aracha (unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered) from three types of cultivars: fukumidori, yumewakaba, and yabukita.
\n\n
After the tea is harvested, it goes through a process of withering in which the tea leaves are first sun dried, then dried in the shade for about half a day to create the aroma. Each cultivar is hand-fired separately using a hoiro (焙炉 a special table with thick washi paper surface that is heated from the bottom), then blended to complete the Shourai blend. This tea was served to the Japanese emperor and empress to accompany their dessert at Koryo Shrine on September 20, 2017.
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
Yet another shincha from Shimizu-san’s own nogi-en (and others), the Shourai blend is unique because it comes from their 八十八夜 (hachijyu-hachiya) harvest. According to the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, hachijyu-hachiya signifies the 88th night after the start of spring and is also used to mark the start of shincha harvesting.
\n
The Shourai blend is made from the aracha (unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered out) of three types of cultivars: fukumidori (plays central role), yumewakaba, and yabukita.
\n
After the tea is harvested, it goes through a process of withering in which the tea leaves are first sun dried, then dried in the shade for about half a day to create the aroma. Each cultivar is hand-fired separately using a hoiro (焙炉 a special table with thick washi paper surface that is heated from the bottom), then blended to complete the Shourai blend. This tea was served to the Japanese emperor and empress to accompany their dessert at Koryo Shrine on September 20, 2017.
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
3rd steeping: 85C (185F), 30 sec - Enjoy the refreshing taste and aroma
\n
\n
\n
","published_at":"2020-05-19T20:28:24+09:00","created_at":"2020-05-19T20:37:59+09:00","vendor":"Bizenya","type":"Green Tea","tags":["202503","Cultivar_Fukumidori","Cultivar_Yabukita","Cultivar_Yume Wakaba","family business","fukumidori","handpicked","Harvest_Spring","Notes_Handpicked","photo needed","Price_1 - Luxury","Region_Saitama","saitama","Sayama","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30","yabukita","yume wakaba"],"price":128000,"price_min":128000,"price_max":499900,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40612663328873,"title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT201-010-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"#0248.S2 Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - [2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":128000,"weight":30,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"bznyT201015","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41358291665001,"title":"[2024] 30g / 1 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024] 30g / 1 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT201-030-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0248.S2 Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - [2024] 30g / 1 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024] 30g / 1 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024] 30g / 1 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":299900,"weight":30,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41589792473193,"title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option1":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT201-060-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0248.S2 Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - [2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","public_title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","options":["[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag"],"price":499900,"weight":30,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":11,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/6C6064EF-3C06-4E84-9C50-DAF6FFCC9B34.jpg?v=1692000830","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-191406.jpg?v=1692000830","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-939294.jpg?v=1692000830","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-347542.jpg?v=1692000830","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-978026.jpg?v=1692000830"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/6C6064EF-3C06-4E84-9C50-DAF6FFCC9B34.jpg?v=1692000830","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23425172045929,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"width":1080,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/6C6064EF-3C06-4E84-9C50-DAF6FFCC9B34.jpg?v=1692000830"},"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/6C6064EF-3C06-4E84-9C50-DAF6FFCC9B34.jpg?v=1692000830","width":1080},{"alt":"Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - Yunomi.life","id":22781290053737,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1982,"width":1982,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-191406.jpg?v=1692000830"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":1982,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-191406.jpg?v=1692000830","width":1982},{"alt":"Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - Yunomi.life","id":22781290119273,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-939294.jpg?v=1692000830"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-939294.jpg?v=1692000830","width":2048},{"alt":null,"id":7740684402793,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":360,"width":480,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hqdefault_07f8cf02-6cab-41d8-ba57-9f791edff342.jpg?v=1596611226"},"aspect_ratio":1.778,"external_id":"3p-jojUdzdg","host":"youtube","media_type":"external_video"},{"alt":"Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - Yunomi.life","id":22781290184809,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"width":800,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-347542.jpg?v=1692000830"},"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-347542.jpg?v=1692000830","width":800},{"alt":"Bizenya: #08 Shourai Blend - Handpicked Sayama Hachijyuhachiya Sencha 松籟 八十八夜手摘み煎茶 - Yunomi.life","id":22781290217577,"position":6,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"width":800,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-978026.jpg?v=1692000830"},"aspect_ratio":1.501,"height":533,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-08-shourai-blend-handpicked-sayama-hachijyuhachiya-sencha-978026.jpg?v=1692000830","width":800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
Yet another shincha from Shimizu-san’s own nogi-en (and others), the Shourai blend is unique because it comes from their 八十八夜 (hachijyu-hachiya) harvest. According to the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, hachijyu-hachiya signifies the 88th night after the start of spring and is also used to mark the start of shincha harvesting.
\n
The Shourai blend is made from the aracha (unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered out) of three types of cultivars: fukumidori (plays central role), yumewakaba, and yabukita.
\n
After the tea is harvested, it goes through a process of withering in which the tea leaves are first sun dried, then dried in the shade for about half a day to create the aroma. Each cultivar is hand-fired separately using a hoiro (焙炉 a special table with thick washi paper surface that is heated from the bottom), then blended to complete the Shourai blend. This tea was served to the Japanese emperor and empress to accompany their dessert at Koryo Shrine on September 20, 2017.
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
Bizenya’s tea merchant Keiichiro Shimizu is proud of his Shimizu Mukashiblend, both for its flavor and its aroma that is incomparable to other teas. This shincha is handpicked primarily from his own Nogi-en tea farm, located in Takahagi, Hidaka city (Sayama region, well-known for their Sayamacha). The Nogi-en tea farm is cultivated without use of pesticides and leaves from this farm are only handpicked and only once a year.
\n
It takes Shimuzi-san and his staff 10 days to handpick the 20 acre Nogi-en for their \"Shimizu Mukashi\" aracha. Aracha is a type of traditional, unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered out. For this special preparation, the freshly picked tea leaves will go through a carefully controlled shading process, termed ichoka (icho = withering, ka=aroma), which concentrates and preserves the subtle aromas.
\n
Because it is handpicked, the rolled tea leaves will appear larger than what one may be used to seeing, perhaps giving a wild look, foreshadowing its ambition. As you begin the first sip, the alluring aroma slips past your tongue followed instantaneously by a sweet and refreshing taste. You may be surprised by the desire for time to stop and forever live in that perfect moment when aroma and taste both tantalize and satisfy. This is the magic of Bizenya's Shimizu-mukashi shincha. One to look forward to every year!
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
\n\n
\n
Product Info
\n
\n
Cultivars:
\n
\n
Yabukita (Bizenya)
\n
Fukumidori (Bizenya & Yutaka Miyaoka)
\n
\n
\nHarvest: May
\n
\nRegion:Takahagi, Hidetaka City, Saitama, Japan\n
\n
\nProduction notes: Handpicked, grown without pesticides\n
\n
\n
\n
Steeping Recommendation from Bizenya
\n
\n
\nTea: 5g
\n
\nWater: 150ml
\n
\nWater temperature / time \n
\n
\n
First steeping: 70C (158F), 30 sec - Enjoy the fresh aroma and scent
3rd steeping: 85C (185F), 30 sec - Enjoy the refreshing taste and aroma
\n
\n
","published_at":"2020-05-19T19:23:46+09:00","created_at":"2020-05-19T19:33:38+09:00","vendor":"Bizenya","type":"Green Tea","tags":["202503","Cultivar_Fukumidori","Cultivar_Yabukita","family business","green tea","handpicked","Harvest_Spring","hvala sencha","Ichoucha","Organic_Grown Without Pesticides","Price_1 - Luxury","Region_Saitama","saitama","Sayamacha","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Ichoucha (Withered Green Tea)","Vendor Type_Family Business","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30"],"price":55000,"price_min":55000,"price_max":349900,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39612315467881,"title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option1":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT204-010-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0247.S2 Bizenya: #07 Shimizu Mukashi Blend - Handpicked Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 手摘み萎凋香煎茶 清水昔 - [2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","public_title":"[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag","options":["[2024] 10g / 0.35 oz / May / Yunomi bag"],"price":55000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"bznyT204015","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41358285406313,"title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option1":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"bznyT204-060-y24","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"#0247.S2 Bizenya: #07 Shimizu Mukashi Blend - Handpicked Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 手摘み萎凋香煎茶 清水昔 - [2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","public_title":"[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag","options":["[2024] 60g / 2.1 oz / May / Original bag"],"price":349900,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":10,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/EB584096-5487-40AE-8641-6504E8438BAE.jpg?v=1691980883","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-473066.jpg?v=1691980883","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-297688.jpg?v=1734962356","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-230000.jpg?v=1734962356"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/EB584096-5487-40AE-8641-6504E8438BAE.jpg?v=1691980883","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23425054998633,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"width":1080,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/EB584096-5487-40AE-8641-6504E8438BAE.jpg?v=1691980883"},"aspect_ratio":0.999,"height":1081,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/EB584096-5487-40AE-8641-6504E8438BAE.jpg?v=1691980883","width":1080},{"alt":"Bizenya: #07 Shimizu Mukashi Blend - Handpicked Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 手摘み萎凋香煎茶 清水昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22798368440425,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.502,"height":498,"width":748,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-473066.jpg?v=1691980883"},"aspect_ratio":1.502,"height":498,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-473066.jpg?v=1691980883","width":748},{"alt":"Bizenya: #07 Shimizu Mukashi Blend - Handpicked Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 手摘み萎凋香煎茶 清水昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22798368473193,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"width":697,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-297688.jpg?v=1734962356"},"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-297688.jpg?v=1734962356","width":697},{"alt":"Bizenya: #07 Shimizu Mukashi Blend - Handpicked Sayama Ichoucha Sencha 手摘み萎凋香煎茶 清水昔 - Yunomi.life","id":22798368505961,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"width":697,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-230000.jpg?v=1734962356"},"aspect_ratio":1.499,"height":465,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/bizenya-07-shimizu-mukashi-blend-handpicked-sayama-ichoucha-sencha-230000.jpg?v=1734962356","width":697},{"alt":null,"id":20748710543465,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":360,"width":480,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/hqdefault_14ac31d0-108a-4a40-8d70-59a1d9f5c336.jpg?v=1623554196"},"aspect_ratio":1.77,"external_id":"0ibI7pcQMzE","host":"youtube","media_type":"external_video"}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
Bizenya’s tea merchant Keiichiro Shimizu is proud of his Shimizu Mukashiblend, both for its flavor and its aroma that is incomparable to other teas. This shincha is handpicked primarily from his own Nogi-en tea farm, located in Takahagi, Hidaka city (Sayama region, well-known for their Sayamacha). The Nogi-en tea farm is cultivated without use of pesticides and leaves from this farm are only handpicked and only once a year.
\n
It takes Shimuzi-san and his staff 10 days to handpick the 20 acre Nogi-en for their \"Shimizu Mukashi\" aracha. Aracha is a type of traditional, unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered out. For this special preparation, the freshly picked tea leaves will go through a carefully controlled shading process, termed ichoka (icho = withering, ka=aroma), which concentrates and preserves the subtle aromas.
\n
Because it is handpicked, the rolled tea leaves will appear larger than what one may be used to seeing, perhaps giving a wild look, foreshadowing its ambition. As you begin the first sip, the alluring aroma slips past your tongue followed instantaneously by a sweet and refreshing taste. You may be surprised by the desire for time to stop and forever live in that perfect moment when aroma and taste both tantalize and satisfy. This is the magic of Bizenya's Shimizu-mukashi shincha. One to look forward to every year!
\n
\n
Processing
\n\n
Withering in the sun. After 30 minutes the leaf starts to blacken with enzymatic oxidization creating a floral aroma.
\n
Sencha processing
\n
Finishing - sorting out stems and fannings, including green-roasting using an old-style drying machine. The hot air used in to dry out the unrefined tea for long-term storage also adds a little toastiness to the fruity floral aroma.
\n\n
\n
Product Info
\n
\n
Cultivars:
\n
\n
Yabukita (Bizenya)
\n
Fukumidori (Bizenya & Yutaka Miyaoka)
\n
\n
\nHarvest: May
\n
\nRegion:Takahagi, Hidetaka City, Saitama, Japan\n
\n
\nProduction notes: Handpicked, grown without pesticides\n
\n
\n
\n
Steeping Recommendation from Bizenya
\n
\n
\nTea: 5g
\n
\nWater: 150ml
\n
\nWater temperature / time \n
\n
\n
First steeping: 70C (158F), 30 sec - Enjoy the fresh aroma and scent
3rd steeping: 85C (185F), 30 sec - Enjoy the refreshing taste and aroma
\n
\n
"},{"id":1306247790697,"title":"PREORDER ships May - #0741.S2 Yokota Tea Garden: Hatsutsumi (Hachijyuhachiya) Sayama Shincha Green Tea 狭山茶八十八夜摘み","handle":"yokota-tea-garden-hachijyuhachiya-sayama-shincha-green-tea","description":"
A premium sencha coming from the Yokota Tea Garden which was picked on the 88th night (Japanese: 八十八夜; hachijyu-hachiya). According to the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, hachijyu-hachiya signifies the 88th night after the start of spring and is also used to mark the start of shincha harvesting. Tea from this harvest is said to bring you a fortuitous life. Meanwhile the first picking of the season is called hatsutsumi. Early picking of younger leaves generates a tea with an extra delicate and sweeter flavor profile with an aroma full of early summer. The younger leaves were then deep steamed to make a fukamushicha. Grown by 4th, 5th, and 6th generation tea farmers in the famous Sayama region of Saitama Prefecture.
\n
2024 package may differ from photo
\n
Product Info \n
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nHarvest: Early May (88th day from the start of spring on the lunar calendar)
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama Prefecture
\n
\nSteaming: Fukamushi (Deep-steamed)
\n
\nNumber of Cups in 100g: 30 cups (10 uses / 3 steepings / 1 cup per steeping. Varies with your steeping recipe.)
\n3rd steeping: Increase time to 30-60 seconds or to desired strength.
\n
","published_at":"2021-10-31T00:21:54+09:00","created_at":"2018-06-15T10:58:55+09:00","vendor":"Yokota Tea Garden","type":"Green Tea","tags":["2025 Shincha","Cultivar_Sayama Kaori","family business","farm","fukamushi","green tea","hvala sencha","Notes_Single Cultivar","Notes_Single Estate","P35","Price_2 - Premium","Region_Saitama","saitama","sayama","Sayama Kaori","Sayama Tea","Sayamacha","sencha","Ships mid May","Subregion_Saitama > Sayama","Tea Type_Fukamushicha (Deep Steamed)","Vendor Type_Farm","wholesale30","Yokota Tea Garden"],"price":70000,"price_min":70000,"price_max":499900,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39649513832553,"title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","option1":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"ykt-TN2400-010-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"PREORDER ships May - #0741.S2 Yokota Tea Garden: Hatsutsumi (Hachijyuhachiya) Sayama Shincha Green Tea 狭山茶八十八夜摘み - [2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","public_title":"[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May","options":["[2025] 10g / 0.35 oz / May"],"price":70000,"weight":15,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"02871657","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41444674568297,"title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","option1":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"ykt-TN2400-100-y25","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"PREORDER ships May - #0741.S2 Yokota Tea Garden: Hatsutsumi (Hachijyuhachiya) Sayama Shincha Green Tea 狭山茶八十八夜摘み - [2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","public_title":"[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May","options":["[2025] 100g / 3.5 oz / May"],"price":499900,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"02871657","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/FullSizeRender_8ab8a8cb-e2d2-413c-997f-d7c18ac72116.heic?v=1692604548","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/yokota-tea-garden-2022-hatsutsumi-hachijyuhachiya-sayama-shincha-green-tea-910608.jpg?v=1721576915","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_c1289616-56bd-46cf-9b4f-b2760af3d8a7.png?v=1721576915","//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_d9c2f30c-0853-439c-8890-3d3c6d7e8650.jpg?v=1692604548"],"featured_image":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/FullSizeRender_8ab8a8cb-e2d2-413c-997f-d7c18ac72116.heic?v=1692604548","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23431129464937,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/FullSizeRender_8ab8a8cb-e2d2-413c-997f-d7c18ac72116.heic?v=1692604548"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/files/FullSizeRender_8ab8a8cb-e2d2-413c-997f-d7c18ac72116.heic?v=1692604548","width":3024},{"alt":"Yokota Tea Garden: 2022 Hatsutsumi (Hachijyuhachiya) Sayama Shincha Green Tea 狭山茶八十八夜摘み - Yunomi.life","id":22781524967529,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"width":2048,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/yokota-tea-garden-2022-hatsutsumi-hachijyuhachiya-sayama-shincha-green-tea-910608.jpg?v=1721576915"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/yokota-tea-garden-2022-hatsutsumi-hachijyuhachiya-sayama-shincha-green-tea-910608.jpg?v=1721576915","width":2048},{"alt":null,"id":22295206396009,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2400,"width":2400,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_c1289616-56bd-46cf-9b4f-b2760af3d8a7.png?v=1721576915"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_c1289616-56bd-46cf-9b4f-b2760af3d8a7.png?v=1721576915","width":2400},{"alt":"Yokota Tea Garden: Hachijyuhachiya Sayama Shincha Green Tea","id":1390929838185,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_d9c2f30c-0853-439c-8890-3d3c6d7e8650.jpg?v=1692604548"},"aspect_ratio":1,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"//yunomi.life/cdn/shop/products/image_d9c2f30c-0853-439c-8890-3d3c6d7e8650.jpg?v=1692604548","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"
A premium sencha coming from the Yokota Tea Garden which was picked on the 88th night (Japanese: 八十八夜; hachijyu-hachiya). According to the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, hachijyu-hachiya signifies the 88th night after the start of spring and is also used to mark the start of shincha harvesting. Tea from this harvest is said to bring you a fortuitous life. Meanwhile the first picking of the season is called hatsutsumi. Early picking of younger leaves generates a tea with an extra delicate and sweeter flavor profile with an aroma full of early summer. The younger leaves were then deep steamed to make a fukamushicha. Grown by 4th, 5th, and 6th generation tea farmers in the famous Sayama region of Saitama Prefecture.
\n
2024 package may differ from photo
\n
Product Info \n
\n
\n
\nIngredients: Green tea
\n
\nHarvest: Early May (88th day from the start of spring on the lunar calendar)
\n
\nRegion: Sayama, Saitama Prefecture
\n
\nSteaming: Fukamushi (Deep-steamed)
\n
\nNumber of Cups in 100g: 30 cups (10 uses / 3 steepings / 1 cup per steeping. Varies with your steeping recipe.)
![\"\"](\"https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0926/4578/files/Hiraoka-Tadahito_480x480.jpg?v=1624071912\")
