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Jade Sencha
Uji · Kyoto, Japan
Deep-steamed Uji leaf — electric green, oceanic, bright.
$26
50g · $0.52/g
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Tasting notes
Cut grassNoriSnap peaCitrus zest
How to steep
- Water
- 70°C / 158°F
- Time
- 1–2 min
- Ratio
- 4g / 200ml
The leaf
Deep-steamed (fukamushi) in the Uji tradition, which breaks the leaf finer and pours a cup that’s almost opaque jade. Brew it cool and quick: too hot and it bites; done right it’s sweet snap-pea and a clean marine minerality, like the first breath of a coastal morning.
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