A stone-ground green tea from Uji with a velvety body, vivid umami, and a softly sweet finish.
Recipe
- Temperature 75 °C · 167 °F
- Leaf 2 g
- Water 70 ml
- First steep 0:30
- Steeps 1
Lore
Powdered tea reached Japan in 1191 with the monk Eisai, and Uji's shaded gardens have refined it since the fourteenth century. Whisked rather than steeped, it is the tea of the chanoyu ceremony, and the only tea you drink whole.