#0364.S5 Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden: Apple Wood Smoked Black Tea 燻製紅茶 リンゴHiroki Matsumoto, the young farmer at Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden is always challenging himself to create unique and unusual teas. His inspiration comes from the fact that many tea farmers around him in Shizuoka (perhaps, the best known prefecture for tea in Japan) are already making very good and high quality tea. While the focus of the generations before him was to sell cultivated tea to wholesalers, during his time as a tea farmer, Kaneroku

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this gyokuro kukicha will be slightly lighter and sweeter flavor than the gyokuro which it was made

Leaf stems sorted from the refinement of Murata family's fukamushicha products are gathered into this kukicha green tea

Basic Kitchen Grade Matcha - 10 grams

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Weight: 200 grams

a unique quality of moshio

Umami: 10/20 (20 being the richest umami)

Steaming: 60 sec

Region: Kochi

Notes: Deep steamed for a deep green color and rich flavor

Yuzu is a citrus fruit that is often utilised in Japanese cuisine