#0958.S5 Shibakiri Tea Garden: 2025 Kiyomi - Handpicked, Shaded Single Cultivar Yabukita Asamushicha hojicha powder and have a pleasant aroma

and have a pleasant aroma and flavor

citric acid)

as if you were walking through a rose garden just after a spring shower

Carefully cultivated with fresh tea shoots shaded under rice straw

Leaves themselves are shaded under modern canopy shading for some 40 days (varies from year to year) for extra rich savory umami flavor

#0958.S5 Shibakiri Tea Garden: 2025 Kiyomi - Handpicked, Shaded Single Cultivar Yabukita Asamushicha hojicha powder and have a pleasant aromaThe image of the leaf says it all. Beautifully shaped, with a deep green color and shine, the appearance of a leaf a this quality signals the most careful cultivation, harvesting and processing as a light steamed, asamushicha. The Yabukita cultivar, so widely used as it is, acquires a reputation for being too common, ordinary, more bitter than other cultivars like saemidori, asatsuyu, etc. But as the gold standard in the industry, it is also a strong