Yame Koga Gyokuro
Garden Direct Green Tea
Description
Origin
Description
Origin: Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
Cultivar: Saemidori
Elevation 250m
Harvest: May 20 2020
Gyokuro (“jade dew”) is the most prestigious and rare shade-grown green tea from Japan. This year we selected two teas from the Yame region: one from Hoshino and one from Koga. Koga Gyokuro really evokes the classic character of the Yame region. Yame teas are said to be elegant and reminiscent of refreshing and invigorating mountain forestry air. In this selection from Koga, we taste the fresh mountain character as well as spring dew, oceanic salinity and savory sweet umami with notes of evergreen and water chestnut. These aromatic points provide a lovely contrast to the medium level of umami depth. This tea is more clear and fresh with slight briskness and mountain character when compared to other gyokuro selections.
Cultivar: Saemidori
Elevation 250m
Harvest: May 20 2020
Gyokuro (“jade dew”) is the most prestigious and rare shade-grown green tea from Japan. This year we selected two teas from the Yame region: one from Hoshino and one from Koga. Koga Gyokuro really evokes the classic character of the Yame region. Yame teas are said to be elegant and reminiscent of refreshing and invigorating mountain forestry air. In this selection from Koga, we taste the fresh mountain character as well as spring dew, oceanic salinity and savory sweet umami with notes of evergreen and water chestnut. These aromatic points provide a lovely contrast to the medium level of umami depth. This tea is more clear and fresh with slight briskness and mountain character when compared to other gyokuro selections.
Tasting Notes
lightly toasted with hints of salinity, minerality and sweetness
Ingredients
Traditional Preparation
wakame, seaweed, fresh cut hay, lion's mane mushroom, elegant bittersweetness, umami
50g
$50.00
faint pine aroma, sugar snap peas, reverberating umami, silky mouthfeel
50g
$42.00