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Gyokuro
Gyokuro
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This special Japanese green tea is grown under shade to increase chlorophyll (the dark green leaves) and reduce the tannin to give these premium leaves a sweeter flavor with no bitterness. Sometimes known as Imperial Jade Dew

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Japanese Gyokuro
Product Detailed Description
Country of Origin:
Japan
Region:
Shizuoka Prefecture
Shipping Port:
Tokyo
Grade:
Gyokuro
Altitude:
500 - 1500 feet
Manufacture Type:
Shade grown and steamed green tea
Cup Characteristics:
A full flavored green tea that has a satisfying light refreshing character. Tending pleasantly vegetative with some briskness.
Infusion:
Very bright green

This is Japan's best green tea (made from single buds that are picked only in April/May. In an effort to develop increased chlorophyll (making them dark green) and reduced the tannin (giving a sweeter flavor with no bitterness), the tea is covered with black curtains or bamboo and straw shades for 3 weeks in early spring. The leaves are small - about 3/4 of an inch long and extremely fragrant and tender. Immediately after plucking the leaves are taken to the factory and steamed for about 30 minutes to seal in the flavor and arrest fermentation. Next they are fluffed with hot air and pressed and dried to 30% moisture content. Repeated rolling takes place until the tea develops long thin dark green needles at which time it is finally dried to 4%-6% moisture content. Gyokuro has been referred to as history, philosophy and art in a single cup. This is the best green tea of Japan. Usually brewed in a kyusu (special Japanese teapot) and served in handless cups.

Gyokuro is also called Imperial Jade Dew because it was once reserved for the Emperor's consumption. Gyokuro is harvested from single buds that are plucked only once a year. A few weeks before harvesting, the tea plants are covered with special mattings to shield them from sunlight. This increases the amount of chlorophyll in the leaves to maximize photosynthesis, the plant has to rely on the earth for most of its sustenance, which may explain its unique taste. The leaves, after harvesting, are gently steamed, then rolled tightly into needles and and airdried before being packed.


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Rank 5 Now I Love Green Tea Submitted: 09/06/2007
A always disliked green tea because it is very bitter tasting to me. I emailed this site and found out I was brewing the green tea wrong. Do not boil your water- too hot. They also suggested this tea. It is a deep green tea and taste sweet. I do not add honey to this one. I drink it everyday and it is worth every penny.

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Rank 5 Very Sweet Taste Submitted: 08/02/2008
This tea has a sweet taste that is very pleasant. I found that I like it both hot and cold.

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