Organic Handpicked Saemidori Kabusecha

Name: Organic Handpicked Saemidori Kabusecha
Brand: Tezumi Specialty
SKU: US-TEA-KB3-50
Price: 38.00 USD
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50 grams

Single Origin | Single Cultivar

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Balancing a bold umami, round body, and refreshing brightness, this kabusecha has a sophisticated structure characteristic of handpicked (tezumi) tea

Cultivar: Saemidori

Region: Kirishima, Kagoshima

Producer: Osada Seicha

Harvested: April 17th, 2023

Elevation: 290m

Shading: 14-20 Days, Jikakabuse

Picking: Handheld Machine

Brewing Instructions

Tea/Water Ratio

3g per 50ml of water
(.11oz per 1.7ozoz)

Water Temperature

60º C (140ºF)

Brewing Time

90 seconds

Meet the Producer

Osada Seicha (おさだ製茶)

Osada Seicha is currently headed by Natsumi Osada (長田夏海), an 8th dan (level) national tea appraiser who aims to preserve and protect the natural beauty of Shizuoka by promoting organic tea cultivation. Working alongside Natsumi-san are Takeshi Suzuki and Katsutoshi Izawa, two innovative farmers who spearheaded the organic initiative in Isagawa.

Founded in 1947 and achieving its modern form in 1994, Osada Seicha pride themselves on promoting organic tea production in the mountains of Tenryu, Shizuoka. For 35 years, they have developed close ties with famers in the Isagawa valley region and work with them and other farmers and farmer cooperatives to produce high-quality organic tea. Due the small scale and remoted location of these mountain farms, they cannot refine and process tea by themselves, so Osada seicha completes the final finishing or shiage (仕上げ) of these teas.

Cultivar: Saemidori

Saemidori was registered in 1990, 21 years after it was first bred from a cross between Asatsuyu and Yabukita. With the intent of combining the high-quality taste of Asatsuyu with the high yield and frost resistance of Yabukita, Saemidori is a popular cultivar for sencha, fukamushicha, and gyokuro in the more southern tea producing regions, such as Kagoshima and Fukuoka. With a name meaning ‘clear green’, Saemidori is known for is vibrant colour, high umami, and low astringency