Tarui Tea Farm: Aged First Flush Shizuoka Oolong Karabeni

Single Cultivar Karabeni, 2019 Aged Shizuoka Oolong

30g 

Grown pesticide free and without synthetic fertilisers, this oolong tea is made from the first flush, spring leaves of the karabeni cultivar, harvested mid-May 2019.

The Karabeni cultivar 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: Oolong Tea 
• Harvest: May 2019
• Region: Nearaicho, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Steeping Notes: 3g | 200ml | 95°C | 2-3mins

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.