2019 Aged Single Cultivar Karabeni Shizuoka Wakocha

30g

Artisanal tea farmer Takayuki Tarui's black tea is cultivated pesticide free and without synthetic fertilizers. It is harvested in the last two weeks of June and "fermented" with Tarui-san's own method to create a smooth flavour profile that doesn't need to be sweetened. 

This tea is aged in a warehouse dedicated to aging tea leaves. 

The Karabeni cultivar is unusual and quite rare in Japan. It was selected from a plant grown from seed brought from China in the 1950s and was never formally registered with the Japanese government.

• Ingredients: Black Tea 
• Cultivar:
• Harvest: Late June
• Region: Nearaicho, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Steeping Notes: 3g | 300ml | 90°C | 3-5mins

About the farm:  A family-operated tea farm, factory, and shop established in 1970 in the small town of Nearai on the outskirts of Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. 2nd generation farmer Takayuki Tarui cultivates multiple cultivars on separate fields on the flatlands of Nearai and in the mountains nearby. Growing organically since his father started the farm, Takayuki certified his farm and factory in 2003. He seeks to provide clean tea, deep-steamed, for those who love green tea.

Tarui-san's daughter, Ai, is currently learning to cultivate tea from her father and will inherit the farm. 

The farm has two lovey pet goats, Haiji-chan & Yuki-chan, who help with the up keep of the farm by grazing the unwanted weeds around the fields.