Kurihara Tea Farm: Premium Sencha 'Genji'

Award Winning Premium Sencha 

'GENJI'

80g / 30g

This premium Genji Sencha is Akio Kurihara's special blend created from spring harvested Saemidori and Ooiwase cultivars. The tea leaves are shaded for a little over a week before harvesting resulting in a beautiful delicate umami flavour in the tea.

This tea was submitted to the Nihoncha Awards in 2024. Winning the top Platinum Award for the blended category, this tea has a delicate balance of vegetal sweetness, umami, and astringent flavours. 

Steeping Notes: 5g | 150-200ml | 60-70°C | 60sec

Re-steep multiple times at cooler temperatures before raising the temperature and reducing steeping time for the last few steeps. 

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Harvest: May 2025
• Cultivars: Saemiori + Ooiwase
• Region: Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka
• Notes: Machine Harvested, Shaded for just over a week

About Kurihara Tea Farm:

Specialists in gyokuro tea leaf cultivation and processing, the Kurihara family began in 1922 as a wholesaler. In 1942 the first master decided to move his wholesale business to the Yame region, famed for its Yamecha, and start growing tea himself. His son, Kippei Kurihara is now a respected member of the Yame City legislature while sons Yuji and Akio begin to take over the tea agriculture business.