A shaded Japanese green tea with concentrated umami, sweetness, and a deep seaweed-like aroma.
Recipe
- Temperature 60 °C · 140 °F
- Leaf 5 g
- Water 60 ml
- First steep 2:00
- Each next steep +0:30
- Steeps 4
Lore
Gyokuro, 'jade dew', emerged in the 1830s, when growers began shading bushes for weeks before the pluck. Yame's river mists deepen the effect, trading briskness for a broth-like sweetness.