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The sweet, homely aroma of freshly baked buns loaded with dried fruit stems from the fermentation of tea leaves with koji.
Type: Dark
Sub-Type: controlled fermentation (Koji)
Origin: Haruno, Shizuoka, Japan
GPS: 35.02°N | 138.3°E
Grower: Isagawa (organic) cooperative
Producer: Osada Natsumi
Cultivars: sun rouge (サンルージュ)
The Sun Rouge (サンルージュ) Cultivar:
Sun Rouge is a very recent creation. It was developed by the Japanese National Agricultural Research Organization in collaboration with The Nippon Paper Group. The cultivar was registered in 2009 and originally (over 5 years) sold uniquely through The Nippon Paper Group.
What is so cool about the Sun Rouge Cultivar?
It was originally developed to contain a high concentration of anthocyanin, a pigment present in blueberries, açai, butterfly pea, blue corn and a bunch of other ingredients popularly called ‘superfoods’. These goal was to create a tea variety with antioxidant and anti-eye straining effects.
It descends from a Camelia Taliensis plant from (most likely) Yunnan. Starting with Camelia Taliensis seeds, The National Agricultural Research Organization developed a cultivar called Cha Nakamamo Honno No. 6 (茶中間母本農6号); it had fairly low yields. For years, the Organization selected offsetting from Cha Nakamamo Honno No. 6 until they came up with the current Sun Rouge.
Just like butterfly pea, brewing fresh leaves (or sencha) seems to yield an infusion that alters colour with the addition of acidic ingredients.
The latter is, of course, not as noticeable in dark tea as it would be in green.
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