Spring Kabusecha

This shaded green tea from Yame offers a delightful balance of savory umami and gentle sweetness. Expect a smooth, full-bodied liquor with fresh verdant notes and a pleasant, lingering finish, entirel. It leans umami, sweet and mellow.

Water around 70–80 °C (158–176 °F). In a mug, steep 2–3 min. For gongfu, use 3–5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. The biggest mistake with green tea is using boiling water. Keep it well below that and you won't get bitterness.

Grown in Fukuoka, Japan from the Tsuyuhikari cultivar. This batch is from the Spring harvest.

Starts at $14.29 from Yuko Ono, or about $0.28/g. A 6g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.68 per session. Explore more green teas on Teadar.