Production date: 11/06

Production area: Kyoto Minamiyamashiro Village 

Cultivar: Yabukita

Producer: Toru Inui

There is tea picking song that begins with “Eighty-Eight Nights as Summer approaches...”. This "eighty-eighth night" refers to May 2nd, the 88th night counting from the first day of spring. If you drink fresh tea picked on the 88th day, you will be able to spend the year in good health and it has been considered a lucky charm of eternal youth and longevity.
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This tea is the freshest tea that was picked on May 2nd, on the 88th night. Only young, tender shoots are carefully picked to create a highly fragrant product that is typical of the original Uji Sencha.

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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.