Production date: 11/18

Production area: Kyoto Wazuka town 

Cultivar: Sayamakaori

Producer: Nakai Tea Factory

This cultivar, selected from a natural hybrid of Yabukita, inherits the characteristics of its parent, Yabukita, in taste and aroma.

Compared to Yabukita, this cultivar has a higher content of catechins. It has a more bitter and astringent taste, but this is suppressed by the "kabuse'' or shading.
Therefore, there is no unpleasant bitterness or astringency. Enjoy the strong aroma and rich taste.

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The tea leaves used for Gaho are harvested and steamed by visiting each tea farmer during the harvest so that the people who drink them can experience authentic tea. On the harvest day, the tea leaves are steamed, frozen and stored separately for each production area, variety, and farmer through a method that preserves the seasonal aroma.

Tea is usually produced by tea farmers and shipped to the market. Then, a wholesaler makes a bid for the tea, then it is sorted and packaged, and it finally makes its way to the store. It thus takes time for the tea to reach you from the tea fields, and it was the privilege of the tea farmers, who were involved in tea production when tea was in season, to taste the freshly made, freshly rolled tea.

At Baisa Nakamura, steamed tea leaves from farmers are carefully processed on the same day in a small tea-making machine at the shop so that you can taste the fresh leaves. Storing the tea leaves away from high temperatures and humidity allows the tea leaves to mature and develop a richer flavour.