#0831.S5 Murata Tea Garden: Tsuyuhikari Fukamushicha From Kikugawa, Shizuoka

This spring-harvested, fukamushicha tea or deep steamed green tea from the Murata family is made from the tsuyuhikari cultivar, and is cultivated without shading so tends to be on the more bitter, grassy side.

Single origin, single estate, single cultivar.

Product Info

• Ingredients: Green Tea
• Cultivar: Tsuyuhikari
• Harvest: May
• Region: Kikugawa, Shizuoka

About Tea Farmer Murata Yuuya

Murata-san is a 4th generation tea farmer, certified Japanese tea instructor, and father, based in Kikugawa, Shimada City, Shizuoka, Japan. He is a member of the Kikusui Tea Cooperative and utilizes the Coop's factory to process his fukamushi or deep-steamed sencha green tea. In his 20s he worked at an IT company, but returned to the family in his 30s to learn and take over the family heritage.