Tencha 🇯🇵

Tencha
Japanese Green Tea
From Wazuka, Soraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

5g Taster Tin
or
Zero Waste Refill (compostable bag) with discount code: REFILL

This tea is organically grown!

High quality, finely cut leaves with a deep, vibrant green appearance giving delicate aromas of sweet violet, The wet leaves opening giving more rounded marine aromas. The tea soup has a clean and thick quality with a high clarity and pale yellow colour. A pure taste with sweet violet floral flavours and hints of marine saltiness with a pleasant astringency and good mouthfeel.

Ten Cha translating as grind tea, is the leaf material used for the production of Matcha.



Harvested in Spring, From cultivation that’s been Tana shelf shaded for three weeks. This shading develops the deep green colour of leaf whilst also developing umami flavours, sweetness and further nuances. By utilising this method, the levels of amino acid theanine and levels of caffeine are increased. It shares similarities to the cultivation of Gyokuro.

 The leaves are skilfully and carefully processed following traditional techniques by steaming, de-stemming and de-veining. No rolling or kneading stage takes place as flat leaves are desirable for Matcha whilst also creating a unique 'noble' flavour.

Megumi Nakao took over the small scale Yoshida family tea farm from her father and since then has been switching to natural organic cultivation and processes, believing in the importance of creating resilient, sustainable tea trees and producing clean, pure teas for the health of her family, the people and the environment. With the aim is produce tea with the natural fragrant flavour of the tea plant.

Wazuka is a tea town in the southeastern area of Kyoto Prefecture. Wazuka has been a tea growing location since the Kamakura period as a main producer following Uji tea processing methods. It is thought that the Kaijūsen-ji temple introduced tea to the area and Zen Buddhist monk, Shonin Jishin was the first to cultivate tea on Mt Jubu and then in Wazuka.

Brew Guide Per Cup:
Tea 1/2 teaspoon
Water 60ºc-70ºc / 300ml
Brew time 1 minute
Re-infuse leaves 2 - 3 times to personal taste.

Can be brewed as a cold infusion for a refreshing sweet flavour.