SAKURAJIMA Kabusecha
SAKURAJIMA Kabusecha
🌟 New 2026 harvest has arrived 💚 Awarded at the 2025 Great Taste Awards in London.
A smooth, full-bodied, aromatic, and slightly sweet premium green tea with the fruitiness typical of Kyushu and the umami typical of Shizuoka. Akane-san, a young tea farmer, runs the tea farm together with her family right at the foot of the active volcano Sakurajima. Akane San trained in Shizuoka and is now gradually taking over her father’s tea farm. Completely atypical for a green tea grown exclusively with natural fertilizer, this kabusecha has a very intense flavor with strong umami and no bitterness or grassy notes whatsoever. It is a kabusecha that is already highly sought after in Japan due to its strong umami.
Variety: Kabusecha ( semi-shaded)
Characteristics: full-bodied, strong umami, soft and slightly sweet, mild and fruity aftertaste, very complex
Producers: Akane San
Cultivation: No pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers
Origin: Makizono (Kagoshima), Japan
Harvest: 1st picking 2026
Cultivar: Meiryoku
Contents: 100g
Preparation: 1 teaspoon per 100ml / 60-70°C / 60-90 seconds
Delivery: approx. 2-3 working days (Germany, other countries)
Volcanic earth
The tea fields of Akane San are located within direct sight of the active volcanic island of Sakurajima. This makes the soil particularly rich in nutrients. In combination with the clean spring water and the subtropical climate, a particularly high-quality Kabusecha green tea is produced here.
Women's issue
Akane San is gradually taking over the tea farm from her father together with her sister. This is still a novelty in Japan.
Awarded at the Great Taste Awards 2025
What the judges say: "An attractive, glossy, dark green leaf. The tea has a quite aroma with some savoury notes. Pleasantly rounded on the palate and well made, with brightness and thickness on the palate."
Preparation like Gyokuro
For a particularly strong umami & full-bodied taste, the high-quality Kabusecha can be prepared like a Gyokuro: 1.5 teaspoons of tea leaves per 100ml of water, 60 degrees water temperature for 90 seconds result in an incredibly smooth taste experience
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This loose Kabusecha green tea has a mildly aromatic & sweet taste with a strong umami. It smells very aromatic after infusion and has a pale green color. Compared to our Senchas, it is fuller-bodied, more intense and also sweeter in taste.
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This Kabusecha comes from Makizono in Kagoshima Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. Akana & Yuri San's tea farm is located directly in front of the active volcanic island of Sakurajima and has been run without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers for decades. Akana San went to Shizuoka for several years to study tea cultivation and processing there. After her return, she and her sister are now gradually taking over the tea farm from their parents.
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The sisters grow all their teas without pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. Of course, we have also had the pesticide-free status 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.
Akane & Yuri use tea bushes of the Meiryoku cultivar to make their sweet Kabusecha. Not sure what that means? We explain it in our FAQ .
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2-3 teaspoons per teapot / 70 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.
Lovingly handcrafted set of two cups for your favorite drink. Produced by the small pottery Yamajun-Seito from Toki in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The set consists of a female & a male Tanuki - unfortunately only very limited available, because the demand is extremely high & each cup is produced by hand.
Origin: Toki, Gifu, Japan
Capacity: approx. 300ml
Height: 8.8cm
Diameter: 8.8cm (thickest part)
Weight: 270g