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Hashiri Shincha
Tanegashima Kuritawase P. Free

Super Premium 97 P.

SKU
1916
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase Pestizidfrei
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase Pestizidfrei
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase Pestizidfrei
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase
Hashiri Shincha Tanegashima Kuritawase Pestizidfrei
The very first shincha of 2023. Rare Kuritawase cultivar from the southern Pacific island of Tanegashima, Japan, sourced directly from Eiichi Matsushita. Grown without plant protection products and harvested on 31/03/2023. 80g
Details The Kuritawasa cultivar is high in catechins (20%), including 0.4% EGCG3''Me and the highest GCG content (1.6%) of all green tea varieties. Native to Tanegashima, it grows early and is known for its strong umami taste.
Character Very harmonious, distinctly bitter with a pleasant astringency (high catechin content: methylated catechins + highest GCG concentation), robust and nutrient-rich, full-bodied, invigorating, wonderfully vegetal
Tea Garden Tanegashima Shoju-en, Mr. Eiichi Matsushita
Terroir Banyamine, Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan
Harvest 1st harvest (ichibancha): March 31st, 2023
Cultivar Kuritawase
Elevation 223m above sea level
Steaming Short (asamushi, 30 seconds)
Shading No shading necessary due to weather conditions
Organic Cert. Cultivated without the use of plant protection products
Laboratory Tests Radioactivity (region as of 04/2022)
Awards Farmer awarded 2nd place in the Seicha Kyoshinkai Contest in 2008 (aracha tea category)
Grade 97/100 p. (sencha category); Super Premium

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€17.90
80g

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SKU
1916
€223.75 / 1kg
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Our comprehensive tea portfolio has been housed under the independent brand Yoshi en since January of 2023. While select products from the Yoshi en portfolio are also available at Sunday Natural, our diverse, unparalleled collection of classic and rare teas from the most celebrated terroirs is fully available at Yoshi en. Our range of over 300 organic teas from 100 terroirs and more than 120 single estates across at least 20 countries will only continue to expand and improve as we continue to develop our close partnerships with the best farmers from across the globe.

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Tea Farm

Mr. Eiichi Matsushita 松下栄市 is a passionate tea farmer operating the tea farm in its 4th generation. When steaming and processing the tea, Mr. Matsushita himself stands at the machine to monitor the process. The family resettled from Shizuoka to Banyamine, Tanegashima in 1909 and brought their tea-making expertise with them. Mr. Matsushita has served as the president of the Tanegashima Arasha Factory Association for 12 years. His tea fields are located in the best green tea terroir of Tanegashima.

Character

Flavour

This beautiful shincha is particularly harmonious this year, with a restrained umami and clear, wonderful bitterness. The effect is extremely invigorating and robust. The tea has a stimulating, slightly vegetal note of fresh grass. This shincha is particularly round and balanced in this year's 2023 harvest – the strong character of the cultivar is rounded off by a fine, almost creamy and buttery sweetness. The minerality typical of the subtropical island terroir comes to the fore, especially in subsequent infusions.

Leaf

Robust, dark green needles

Cup

Deep green yellow

Shincha 2023

Shincha is prepared like sencha and is made from the first green tea harvest of the year. This tea is also known as spring tea or air-freighted tea. Shincha is an especially rare quality of tea that on account of its intense freshness and pronounced aroma is cherished by many as the most exquisite of all harvests.

Cultivation & Processing

The tea farm is located in the north of the picturesque Tanegashima Island, about 115km south of Kagoshima City. The warm, subtropical climate and the fresh sea breeze, which carries minerals and morning fog to the farm, ensure an ideal climate for the cultivation of early growing shincha cultivars. The tea field is perched at 223m elevation in the highest part of Banyamine, which is considered the top terroir on Tanegashima.

The tea farmer uses as few pesticides as possible. For the 1st and 2nd harvests (ichibancha and nibancha), no pesticides are used. The tea is only briefly steamed (asamushi) to best bring out the refreshing and slightly milky-sweet flavour of the tea.

Single Origin

This tea is sourced exclusively from the above-mentioned tea plantation in Tanegashima and is purchased directly from the farmer.

Preparation

Brewing Guide

2 heaped teaspoons per 100–300ml water (55–60°C). Steep for 2 minutes.

1.   60°C, 120 sec.

2.   70°C, 20 sec.

3.   75°C, 20 sec.

4.   75°C, 15 sec.

5.   85°C, 20 sec.

Packaging

Packaged specially for us in high-quality, airtight, resealable standing zipper pouches at the farm.

Recommended Teapot

To bring out the beautiful bitterness of this fine shincha, we recommend a red Tokoname kyusu with a fine ceramic strainer. Alternatively, a black Tokoname kyusu can be used to achieve a more neutral flavour and to allow the beautiful, refreshingly clear body of the tea to come into its own.

Recommended Storage

A high-quality tea caddy made of cherry bark (solid wood, kabazaiku chazutsu) is ideal, though any airtight tea caddy with internal coating will suffice.

Awards

The tea farmer won 2nd place in the regional Seicha Kyoshinkai Contest in 2008 for his aracha tea.

Laboratory Tests

The purity of our formulas is important to us. This is why we have both our raw ingredients as well as our finished products extensively tested by independent laboratories to confirm purity and active ingredient content. Here, we have provided the results of some of the tests carried out on this product.

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RADIOACTIVITY

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