#0070.F2 🍵 2026 Kurihara Tea #06: Imperial Sencha Yame Tsuhime 八女津媛 Hasami-yaki Water: 60C/140F

Water: 60C/140F

They do not use chemical  fertilizers or pesticides

and ground by stone mill

This custom blended and flavored Japanese black tea includes dried leaves from the Sakura tree

Nakazen's Jasmine Tea is very lightly fermented like green tea

#0070.F2 🍵 2026 Kurihara Tea #06: Imperial Sencha Yame Tsuhime 八女津媛 Hasami-yaki Water: 60C/140FNamed after the goddess of the Yame region, Yame Tsuhime, this sencha is Kurihara Tea's most premium sencha a green tea worthy of the goddess. Picked on the morning of the 88th night after the start of spring in the lunar calendar, Hachijyuhachiya (days were counted starting in the evening in ancient times hence the use of night), has been known as a fortuitous time to pick tea leaves. During the shincha new tea season it is also sold in a special