The nice thing about loose leaf teas is that you can choose your favorite amount to brew your teas. Loose leaf tea is a good buy. And you can experiment with different quantities to decide what level suits you.
If the tea leaves include powder or crushed leaves, we recommend to brewing at a shorter time.
If the tea leaf colors are yellowish green, it may be deeper steamed than standard. Then you can brew the tea with shorter time, too.
If the tea leaves are hard and tight, you may take a longer time at a higher water temperature to brew.
If you want to brew only one cup, we recommend to use little more tea leaves (4-5g/0.14-0.18 oz). This way, you can also enjoy the 2nd and 3rd infusions.
Gyokuro Wakamusha – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$22.10Sakamoto’s tea is constinuously evolving. Gyokuro “Wakamusha” is made with only the variety Okumidori this season.
Umami flavor fills your mouth when you drink and lingers. It tastes like Japanese rich soup stock.
Gyokuro Chameijin – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$30.55Sakamoto-san, the farmer of this gyokuro tea, changes cultivars and blends every year for each product.
And this is the best tea made with his 5 senses. Tea leaves were processed with much care and gently, and sealed in flavor at his tea factory so you get the most when you brew.
Please enjoy the best tastes with the tea master, Sakamoto-san.
Miyazaki Sabo – Three Year Bancha
US$10.48Enjoy this tea from a kettle of boiling water, not with kyusu, for this three year Bancha. Tea stems with leaves grown more than 3 years that were harvested in late autumn and winter, at the highest sugar content level. Then, carefully hand-selected stems are one by one dried and fired with wood. May the firewood aroma bring serenity to your mind.
Gyokuro Sasahime – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$16.97If you haven’t tried gyokuro, we recommend this tea to you.
This tea is made by saemidori cultivar this season. It is sweet, has a lot of umami flavor, and is an easy to drink, mouthwatering tea.
Miyazaki Sabo – Oolong Tea – Spring Harvest – Single Cultivar – Minamisayaka
US$13.05Have you ever tried Japanese oolong tea?
If not, we recommend this tea to taste. The leaves are greenish, like Japanese green tea and Chinese oolong tea.
Minamisayaka, the cultivar developed in Miyazaki, Kyushu Island, gives you sweet and milky fragrance like gardenia.
Once you drink it, you will be surrounded by the flower fragrance for a few hours.
Miyazaki Sabo – Kamairicha – Yabukita
US$13.05Kamairicha – Yabukita is used only first harvest leaves from trees which provide the best taste and fragrance on our farm. Slowly processed young buds with lower temperatures and bring out the fresh leaf flavor and sweetness. Received the Emperor’s Trophy, Minister of Agriculture Forestry Award.
Gyokuro Chamusume – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$15.09 Sold By: SONO SpecialGyokuro Chamusume is reasonably priced, and very tasty and very easy to drink. The umami taste spreads on your tongue. Enjoy the elegant after taste, too. This tea is usually sold out before the next season, and we are happy to offer Chamusume to you. Please try it.
Miyazaki Sabo – Kuki Hōjicha
US$6.11This Kuki Hōjicha is carefully selected stems from Kamairicha, and roasted. Enjoy both pan parched flavor of Kamairicha and roasted flavor of Hōjicha. Great aroma and refreshing taste. Received the Emperor’s Trophy, Minister of Agriculture Forestry Award.
Miyazaki Sabo – Kamairicha – Fragrance of Flowers
US$6.56Tea is truly international. We can’t categorize this tea. Chinese tea? Japanese tea? Oolong tea? Kamairicha?
You are the judge to categorize this tea.
After harvest, withered for a short period under sunlight to bring out aroma, then processed as kamairicha.
Withering gives you fruity and flowery aroma, and you can enjoy pan parched flavor as well.
Visee – Ishizuchi Kurocha – Post-Fermented Tea – Loose Leaf
US$12.07Ishizuchi Kurocha is a fermented tea with lactic acid bacteria and has been produced in Ishizuchi mountainous areas since ancient times. This tea is processed with a traditional method carried over more than 400 years, and all processes are by our handwork. Enjoy the unique clear and sour taste.
The same tea leaves can be brewed up to 5 cups.
Miyazaki Sabo – Kamairicha – Handpicked – Single Cultivar – Sakimidori
US$13.05Miyazaki Sabo – Three Year Matured Bancha
US$7.32 Sold By: Miyazaki SaboThis three years matured bancha is harvested in autumn, matured for 3 years, and parched with wood. The firewood aroma soothes your soul.