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Organic Japanese Sencha (Superior grade)
It’s a complex cup. Discovered in the 16th century, Sencha has wafted its way into just about every home and restaurant in Japan. It’s a green tea, made from small-leaf camellia sinensis or Yabukita (particularly in Shizuoka prefecture). Unlike most Chinese green teas, Sencha isn’t fried; the leaves are steamed and left to dry without oxidation, which gives the tea a herby, earthy, almost vegetable flavour. You’ll pick up notes of cooked...
$14.33 ( $286.60 per kg )
Organic Japanese Houjicha Tea
Relax with the soothing, roasted flavour of Houjicha Green Tea. Japanese Houjicha tea is prepared in a similar way to Sencha. The leaves are steamed and dried, crumpled and shaped. But Houjicha goes through one more, very interesting, phase: it’s pan-roasted over piping hot charcoal. This removes most of the caffeine and gives the leaves a russet, reddish-brown colour. Houjicha makes a cracking summer iced tea, and the low caffeine...
$82.08 ( $82.08 per kg )