Asamiya Tokujyo Sencha

This is Chanomiyagura’s highest-grade sencha, made from first-flush leaves grown in the cool mountain fields of Asamiya. The area’s misty climate and large swings between day and night temperatures help produce a tea with a rich fragrance and natural sweetness. Carefully steamed using a traditional method to preserve the aroma, the infusion brews to a clear golden color rather than a deep green. Elegant and well-balanced, the leaves can be enjoyed through three to five infusions.

Chanomiyagura is based in the Asamiya district of Shigaraki in Shiga Prefecture, home to Asamiya-cha, one of Japan’s five great historic teas and a tea-growing region with over 1,200 years of history. Set on cool mountain slopes around 400 meters in elevation, Asamiya is known for its frequent mist and wide temperature shifts, conditions that help produce teas with a clear aroma and deep, lasting flavor.

Shigaraki is long known for its Shigaraki-yaki pottery, and tea and ceramics have developed side by side here as part of everyday tea culture. Chanomiyagura grows and produces tea from their own fields, carrying on the long tradition of Asamiya tea in a quiet mountain region where tea has been cultivated for centuries.

Location: Asamiya, Shiga
Taste Profile: Delicate Sweetness, Fresh Greens, Spring Herbs
Cultivar: Blended
Steaming Level : Light (Asamushi)
Harvest Method: Machine-harvested

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Best for: Quiet moments or meditation, when the gentle fragrance becomes something to sit with.

How to brew:
- Use 6g of tea leaves. (2 servings)

- Add 100ml of 160°F water
- Steep the tea for 1 minute.

- Squeeze out every last drop before serving.

100g