#0083.F2 2026 Kurihara Tea: Yame Sencha Ooiwase, Single Cultivar

Ooiwase single cultivar sencha from Kurihara Tea Farm’s new tea field in Yame, Fukuoka prefecture. 

Product Info

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Harvest: May
• Region: Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka
• Notes: Regular steaming (40-50 seconds) used but leaves are young and delicate so the results is close to a deep steaming (fukamushi)

Producer Info

• Name: Kurihara Seicha Ltd.
• Members: Kippei, Yuji, and Akio Kurihara (Father and sons)
• Location: 4236 Kita Yabe, Yabe-mura, Yame-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture 834-1401, JAPAN
• Size of fields: About 3 hectares
• Altitude of fields: 300 - 700 meters