Gyokuro Yame 50 gram

Gyokuro is considered one of the most exclusive types of Japanese green tea. Compared with sencha, it has a fuller and sweeter flavour with pronounced umami, resulting from the shading of the tea bushes before harvest. This gyokuro comes from Yame, one of Japan’s best-known regions for gyokuro production, and is made from a blend of the Tsuyuhikari, Saemidori, Saeakari and Yabukita cultivars.

Only leaves from the first harvest of the year are used. For approximately 20 days before harvest, the tea bushes are shaded to reduce their exposure to sunlight. This increases the level of free amino acids in the leaves, particularly theanine, contributing to the tea’s characteristic sweetness and rich umami flavour. At the same time, the chlorophyll content of the leaves increases, giving them their deep, dark green colour.