(ship upon arrival after May 20~) Platinum Award-Winning Tea at Nihoncha Awards 2022. Sencha KIRARI 2025 harvest - we have waited a long time to bring you this exceptional tea, and we hope you agree that the wait was worthwhile. This Sencha KIRARI is harvested in the Enshu district of Shizuoka prefecture. It received the Platinum Award in a Japanese tea competition in 2022 and sold out very early, so we reserved the upcoming 2025 harvest. Finally, it’s arrived. The delicious taste is present the moment the tea hits your taste buds. The Sencha has a well-proportioned rounded edge - a truly satisfying taste and we believe deserving of the award. Kirari 31 (official name of Kirari) is a strain selected from a group of seedlings bred in 1994 with ‘Saki-Midori’ as the seed parent and ‘Sae-Midori’ as the pollen parent. The cultivar was only registered in 2015 and is a very rare cultivar at this time. It has many of the qualities of the dominant Yabukita cultivar in terms of its resistance and robustness so we expect it to increase in popularity over time - we certainly look forward to more if the quality can match this tea. This cultivar is suitable for high-quality Sencha, as here, and also for Matcha and Gyokuro production, as they contain high levels of theanine. 4g (1 1/4tsp) / One cup / 80-70°C (176-158°F) /30-45 sec / brew up to 3 times Some reference material on Sencha is available here Category Sencha Cultivar Kirari 31 Shading Kabuse / Full-sun Harvest First Type Fukamushi Steam level 6 Drying temperature 7 Grade Premium++ Organic No Region Shizuoka Form Loose leaf Weight 80g (3.82oz) Note Award Winning Sencha tea
