Japan Kurihara Premium Gyokuro 100 gram

This wonderful naturally grown Premium Gyokuro from Kurihara Tea farm is one of our best Japanese Green Teas in stock.

The tea is a first flush spring harvest and only the 2 top leaves and the bud are used.  The leaves are medium steamed (futsumushi) and the flavor is rich, slightly sweet with a hint of toast and good umami. 

Gyokuro 玉露 means Jade Dew in Japanese because of its beautiful Jade-green color.  It is a one of those teas that you want to save for special occasions but end up finishing because it is so good.

Gyokuro Tea is shaded the last 3 weeks before harvest.  This allows the leaves to mature without obtaining bitterness.  The results is very delicate green tea with a slightly sweet and little nutty taste profile with a minimum of bitternes.

Kurihara Tea Farm

Since we opened our online teahouse we have offered a selection of high quality teas from Kurihara Tea Farm.  It is a family owned tea farm in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture in the southern part of Japan.  The tea fields are located in 300-700 meters height and cover 3 hectares.  The farm is managed by the Kurihara brothers Akio & Yuji and their Gyokuro teas are often in the top 5 in regional and national tea competions.