{"product_id":"kurihara-tea-farm-takumi-artisan-heritage-gyokuro","title":"Kurihara Tea Farm: Takumi - Artisan Heritage Gyokuro 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeritage Grade, Gyokuro \u003c\/strong\u003eTakumi 匠\u003cspan\u003e (Artisan)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e from Kurihara Tea Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20g | 100g\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGyokuro is a green tea that is grown under shading. This particular Gyokuro is grown beneath traditional handmade bamboo and straw canopy. When moisture collects and drips onto the tea plants it gives extra flavour to the resulting tea. The canopy also allows the tea leaves to grow without receiving any damage from the direct cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the highest grade of gyokuro that tea the Kurihara family offers and is produced on a specific field that seems to have the ideal soil composition, sunlight exposure, and surrounding mirco-climate. This tea is handpicked and then processed in a small, private factory. Because this particular tea leaf, 'Kurihara Heritage Gyokuro', is such a high quality they decided not to blend it with other fields keeping it as a single origin tea. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shading process used to create Gyokuro blocks approximately 85% of the light. This allows the leaves to mature without becoming bitter or astringent. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe result is an ultra delicate green tea with an extremely sweet taste profile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany producers will age Gyokuro for 3-6 months before releasing it for sale to customers. The ageing process is similar to that of tencha leaves for matcha: as the leaves age the flavour balances, astringency mellows and umami becomes stronger. This tea has been released by Kurihara early so that customers can choose to enjoy it as an Ichibancha (first flush spring tea) or age it at home themselves. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteeping Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5g | 50ml | 50°C | 60sec\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eName\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eKurihara Heritage\u003cspan\u003e Gyokuro Tea\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Green tea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest\u003c\/strong\u003e: May 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e: Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Shaded for 3 weeks before harvest, handpicked. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe highly recommend using the spent leaves in cooking. Add them to some rice for onigiri, mix them into a salad or even just add some soy sauce and eat as a side dish with a main meal. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Kurihara Tea Farm:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecialists 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kurihara Tea Farm","offers":[{"title":"100g Original Bag","offer_id":42387870351533,"sku":"60-BOX12","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"20g Sample Bag","offer_id":42387870384301,"sku":"61-BOX12","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/2380\/2797\/files\/takumileaf.jpg?v=1687191409","url":"https:\/\/www.tencha.co.uk\/products\/kurihara-tea-farm-takumi-artisan-heritage-gyokuro","provider":"Tencha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}