Kabusecha

Kabusecha

21,00 €

Awarded 2 gold stars at the Great Taste Awards!

This highly aromatic & full-bodied Kabusecha green tea from the first harvest 2024 comes from Mr. Iwakura from Shimada (Shizuoka). Due to its long shading with nets & its particularly natural cultivation, it is very aromatic, unique & full-bodied in taste. The natural fertilization with tea grass (Chagusaba) is a traditional method from Shizuoka Prefecture and ensures a broad, complex aroma. Despite its intense, aromatic flavor, this top-quality green tea has no astringency and is not at all bitter. Like all our green teas, it is of course completely pesticide-free.

Variety: Kabusecha (Aracha, loose green tea, semi-shaded, unsorted)
Characteristics:
intensely aromatic, sweet, deep umami
Producer: Mr. Iwakura
Cultivation: Chagusaba, no pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers
Origin: Shimada (Shizuoka), Japan
Harvest: 1st plucking 2024
Cultivar: Yabukita

Content: 100g
Delivery: approx. 2-3 working days (Germany, other countries)

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100% family affair

Iwakura San cultivates his tea garden in the mountains of Shimada together with his son and grandson.

Family affair: Iwakura-san's daughter-in-law runs the in-house tea store.

Own small tea store

Iwakura-san's daughter-in-law runs the in-house tea store. People from the neighborhood can buy the wonderful tea and home-grown vegetables there.

Only with SHO CHA

Outside of Japan, you can only get the unique tea from Iwakura San from us. We exclusively receive the entire Kabusecha harvest.

  • This loose Kabusecha green tea has an intensely aromatic & sweet taste with a strong umami. It smells very aromatic after infusion and has a deep green, naturally cloudy color. Compared to our Senchas, it is fuller-bodied, more intense and also sweeter in taste.

  • This Kabusecha comes from the small town of Shimada in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. Mr. Iwakura's tea farm has been in existence for 80 years & has been managed without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers for 27 years. Iwakura-san mainly produces tea that is not sorted later (aracha). All its considerations & efforts in cultivation and harvesting are aimed at processing the whole tea leaf. Iwakura-san runs the 1.5 hectare farm together with his son.

  • Kabusecha is grown using the traditional Chagusaba method. Fields of grass are planted around the tea fields. This grass, mainly dwarf bamboo & silver grass, is then used as fertilizer for the tea plants. Chemical fertilizer is therefore not necessary at all. In this article on the official Chagusaba website you can learn more about this traditional fertilization method from Shizuoka. Of course, we also had the absence of pesticides checked again externally - you can see the pesticide report in the picture gallery above. So you can be sure that our tea is 100% free from harmful substances.

    Mr. Iwakura uses tea bushes of the Yabukita cultivar for his sweet Kabusecha. Don't know what to do with it? We explain it in our FAQ .

  • 2-3 teaspoons per teapot / 70-75 degrees / 60 seconds

    The loose tea is infused in a pot with a strainer. Alternatively, you can use fillable disposable tea bags. It is a very sweet, strong-aromatic and soft green tea and tastes both beginners and green tea connoisseurs. Our tutorial video below shows you how to make it easily.

    More infusions

    It can, of course, like any good Sencha, be infused several times. Unlike the Sencha N°1 or N°2, the Kabusecha becomes even more flavorful during the second & third infusion. A brewing time of 10-20 seconds is quite sufficient. Due to its fine leaf, up to 5 infusions are possible. So you have not only longer something from the tea but it also dissolves more and more healthy substances from the tea. Here, of course, you can also try different temperatures and infusion times to find out what you like best.

    Cold infusion

    Like our Senchas, Kabusecha is particularly suitable for cold brewing: simply pour cold water over the same amount of Kabusecha and leave to infuse for 5-10 minutes. The delicious refreshment is ready. Our tutorial video below shows you this simple and super refreshing preparation method.

    Storage

    The Kabusecha comes in a sealed and resealable flavor bag. The removal is thus super easy and the tea stays fresh for a long time.