#0581.S2 Okutomi Tea Garden: 2026 Withered Sencha Green Tea - Okuharuka, Single CultivarWinner of From 7 time Minister's Award Winning, 15th generation tea farmer Masahiro Okutomi (Okutomi Tea Garden, Sayama, Saitama), a single cultivar sencha green tea that has been withered slightly for a few hours to impart a floral aroma. This type of tea is known as ichoucha "withered tea" and the processing technique is borrowed from oolong tea processing. During withering (a few hours between harvest and before steaming), the leaves undergo a very

The best leaves need to then be processed well and refined with extreme care to get only needles

Lack of Astringency: 15/20 (20 being least astringent)

regenerated the abandoned tea plantation with his friends in 2018

It will be more coarse

but the difference is subtle

Note that exact amount may depend on exchange rates

A blend of sencha

Made 100% from green tea grown in Japan

3rd steeping: Increase time to 30-60 seconds or to desired strength

cacao powder

Packaging: bag inside Washi paper storage can

SMALL: 15 x 12