Organic Kirishima Asatsuyu Sencha from Yuuki-cha

Organic Kirishima Asatsuyu Sencha

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
Green Tea Leaves
Flavors
Grass, Green, Seaweed, Freshly Cut Grass, Sweet, Umami, Fruity, Sweet, Warm Grass, Ocean Air
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Caffeine
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Certification
Organic
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 0 min, 45 sec 2 g 4 oz / 132 ml

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  • “This was my first foray into chumushi sencha and ordering from yuuki-cha for that matter. It’s a delcious unami filled tea, with the first infusion brewed at low temperature really brings it out....” Read full tasting note
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  • “4th tea from Yuuka-Cha and it is a winner too. I really did well from Yuuka-Cha choosing 4 teas I never had before and love them all. Of course I just placed a 2nd ordering an old favourite plus...” Read full tasting note
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  • “It’s nice to be back on Steepster again after a short layoff. Admittedly I’d gotten a little bored of this site and frustrated by all the spam and 503 errors. But news of the site’s sale has...” Read full tasting note
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From Yuuki-cha

This organic sencha comes directly to us from the Hiyashi family who we have been purchasing teas from for many years now. They run a very professional and immaculately kept organic tea plantation in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan, where they are producing some really excellent organic teas.

This particular organic sencha of theirs is made from one of the really great old cultivars of Japan called Asatsuyu which is also known a Natural Gyokuro (or Tennen Gyokuro in Japanese). Pretty much the crème de la crème of the year’s harvest at the Hayashi’s organic tea plantation in Kirishima, but being that the focus of this tea is totally on quality, the production volume is very small each year. Thus, this organic sencha is a limited offering.

This year’s offering is approximately a medium steamed organic sencha with the sublime sweet aromas of true 100% Asatsuyu cultivar and has a long sweet finish which lingers in the back of the mouth and continues to spread sweet splendor for a prolonged time.

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This was my first foray into chumushi sencha and ordering from yuuki-cha for that matter. It’s a delcious unami filled tea, with the first infusion brewed at low temperature really brings it out. First steep has strong notes of unami and grassyness with bery slight astringgency. Later steeps become sweeter but a characteristic green tea taste and vegetalbleness. I’m not finding as much buttery and sweetness but all together I’ve really enjoyed this sencha and would order again.

1st – 160 for 1 minute
2nd – 170 flash
3rd – 175 for 45s
4th – 180 2 mins

Flavors: Grass, Green, Seaweed

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 1 min, 0 sec 3 g 5 OZ / 150 ML
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4th tea from Yuuka-Cha and it is a winner too. I really did well from Yuuka-Cha choosing 4 teas I never had before and love them all. Of course I just placed a 2nd ordering an old favourite plus one extra.

So my first impression when taking a sip of this tea was how sweet it was. Super sweet! It’s fruity too with a bit of buttery taste. There’s a good umami taste to it but it’s not intense like some sencha or gyokuro teas. Sometimes that intense green taste is just too much for me even though I do love it.

I was lazy today. I brewed all my other teas in my shiboridashi but just feeling like something more simple today. So I brewed it in a cup with an infuser at 75C for 30 sec.. It really is amazing. Even the last little drop with some leaves in it is not bitter. Still super sweet.

This tea was 16.65 US for 100g so it was in the mid-range. Definitely worth it. I am blown away by how good this tea is and I didn’t even use any special brewing. Very thankful to all that left reviews on Yuuki-Cha’s website as I based my tea purchases on that.
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Wow. I wasn’t planning on getting any sencha this year, but I might have to make an exception!

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I haven’t bought from Yuuki in a while, but since I started tea-drinking as a hobby through them they hold a special place in my heart. I’ve been meaning to try this one. I appreciate their simplicity in all aspects – business model, website, offerings, and marketing. They bring reliable quality.

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It’s nice to be back on Steepster again after a short layoff. Admittedly I’d gotten a little bored of this site and frustrated by all the spam and 503 errors. But news of the site’s sale has sparked my enthusiasm for Steepster once again. I know there are many questions surrounding Adagio’s takeover, but I, for one, welcome this small glimmer of hope after being stuck in a death spiral for so long.

Anyways, even though I’ve been away I’ve still been drinking tea and taking notes which I’ll be posting in the days to come. This was a tea I had raved about when I reviewed it on Steepster a few years ago. I remember it being incredibly fruity and sweet. This time though it wasn’t as impressive. It has the scent of fresh steamed spinach and a pleasant oceanic, grassy flavor that becomes murky and more savory on resteep. Enjoyable but lacks fullness and goes flat by the 3rd steep.

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Flavors: Freshly Cut Grass, Ocean Air

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 0 min, 45 sec 2 g 4 OZ / 125 ML
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This was always one of my favs but I did not get it this year. I always like to have a few favs when I order and try out a few new ones each time.

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