Yokota Tea Garden: Hachijyuhachiya Sayama Shincha Green Tea

Premium sencha made with a single tea plant cultivar, sayama-kaori . Grown by 4th, 5th, and 6th generation tea farmers in the Sayama region of Saitama.

PRODUCT INFO

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Net Weight: 100g (original packaging)
• Cultivar: Sayama-kaori
• Harvest: May 2, 2018
• Region: Sayama, Saitama
• Steaming: Fukamushi (Deep-steamed)
• Number of Cups in 100g: 30 cups (10 uses / 3 steepings / 1 cup per steeping. Varies with your steeping recipe.)
• Tea Farm: Yokota Tea Garden
• Location: 12-5 Sawa, Sayama, Saitama 350-1303 JAPAN

STEEPING NOTES

Consider also cold steeping or ice steeping (see Steeping Techniques).

• 1st steeping: Tea: 5 grams or 1 teaspoon. Time: 30-60 seconds. Water: 70˚C/158˚F, 240 ml.
• 2nd steeping: Tea: same. Time: 20 seconds. Water: 80˚C/176˚F, 240 ml (about 1 cup).
• 3rd steeping: Increase time to 30-60 seconds or to desired strength.