Sencha products make up more than 70% of all Japanese teas on the market. People drink Sencha more than any other product in Japan. And the taste and flavor changes by production area and the season of the harvest. The tea leaf shape is like a needle. Sencha products are rich in catechins and vitamin C. And the earlier the harvest season, the more amino acids are preserved. Also, various levels of steaming are involved in the manufacturing process of these products. The most common is standard steam. However, medium steamed is growing more popular, and more products can be found on the market nowadays. Deep steamed Sencha has a smaller particle size, so please brew for a much shorter time.
Deep-steamed Sencha – Yame, Fukuoka
US$12.60CHIYONOEN’s tea fields are located in the mountains, and the mountain weather makes the tea leaves thick. Longer steaming makes the tea taste mellow and the watercolor dark green. It can be brewed easily at both lower and higher water temperatures.
Sencha Okumidori – Yame, Fukuoka
US$17.12The most popular single cultivar sencha of CHIYONOEN. Fresh aroma and a fruity aftertaste. Bright watercolor and a mild deep flavor.
To enjoy the original flavor and aroma of Okumidori, steamed a little stronger (not deep steamed) and heated a little stronger to give you a full-bodied flavor.
Sencha Hanatsumi – Yame, Fukuoka
US$11.99The highest grade of Harashima-san’s sencha teas. Made from the earliest harvested small sprouts, and carefully processed and blended. Please try the best sencha made by Harashima-san, who is not only a organic tea farmer but also a licensed teacher of sencha tea ceremony.
Sencha Hachiju Hachiya – Yame, Fukuoka
US$17.12Harvested 1 bud and 3 leaves around hachiju hachiya – the beginning of May, and carefully processed. Enjoy the rich taste and the fragrant aroma. The little stronger firing gives you pleasant aftertaste.
Sencha Megumi – Isagawa, Haruno, Shizuoka
US$12.75Very clear and refreshing light steamed sencha. Please taste leaves grown on a mountainside with abundant spring water and morning mist. It leaves you an elegant yabukita aftertaste. The leaves don’t give strongly astringent taste for 2nd and 3rd infusion. Easy-to-drink tea. Please give it a try!
Benifuki Sencha Powder – Yame, Fukuoka
US$12.60Benifuki powder tea made by sencha leaves produced in Yame, Fukuoka.
Benifuki cultivar has methylated catechin that helps to reduce your uncomfortable itching eyes or running nose allergy symptoms.
And powder tea helps you to take whole tea leaf nutrients.
Sencha Hareru – Isagawa, Haruno, Shizuoka
US$16.29Harvested at the end of April, the earliest season for tea picking, and processed with middle steamed. The umami flavor spreads in your mouth, leaving a slight lingering astringent taste. Enjoy the beautiful light green water color with gentle refreshing taste, the very best tea from Marusen Isagawa Tea Cooperative Association.
Sencha Yamagiri – Yame, Fukuoka
US$12.60This is Harashima-san’s best-selling sencha. The tea has a very good balance of mild taste and aroma. Good thirst-quenching refreshing taste. The remaining scent of the teacup has a sweet fruity aroma! Recommend for your daily consumption and for gift.