Karigane Asamiya 100 gram

A Japanese Karigane tea from Miyazaki, Japan. Karigane is a Kukicha tea produced from very high quality tea leaves. The tea is produced mostly from stems and is a high-quality variant of the first harvest tea. The stems gives a tea without bitterness and with a natural sweetness.

Sencha Asamiya is produced by a small grower in the tiny mountain region of Asamiya, Shigaraki, entirely without the use of pesticides. The tea is grown here at an elevation of 300–500 meters above sea level. Asamiya is one of Japan’s original tea-growing regions and is counted among its famous tea regions, lying very close to Kyoto. It is one of the oldest tea-growing areas in Japan, if not the very oldest, and the first tea seeds are said to have been planted in the area by the monk Saichō.