Tea / Gyokuro / N° 01

Yame Gyokuro

First Flush 2026 · Shade-grown, twenty days

¥4,200 · 50G TIN

Region

Yame, Fukuoka

Cultivar

Saemidori

Harvest

April 2026

Steep

2 min · 60°C

Caffeine

Medium

Yield

22 cups / tin

Size

Quantity

Umami broth, sweet seaweed and a long mineral finish. The shade-grown leaves develop high theanine — the cup pours a pale jade, almost translucent, with a viscosity closer to soup than tea.

Served at 60°C, the second steep is brighter, the third is grassy — five steeps from a single tin is not unusual.

01 · WaterFiltered · 60°C
02 · Tea4g per 60ml
03 · First steep120 seconds
04 · Second steep30 seconds, 70°C
05 · Third steep60 seconds, 80°C

Yame is the gyokuro capital of Japan — fields covered in reed and straw for twenty days before harvest. This lot was picked on the morning of 22 April 2026 by the Hidaka family, second-generation growers, and packed in Kyoto the following Tuesday.

All orders ship from Kyoto on Tuesdays in unbleached kraft paper. Standard ¥800 · free over ¥10,000. International EMS available at checkout.

— A morning tea. Pour it slowly; pour it again. — Hina W.