Shaded for roughly one week before harvest, occupying the middle ground between sencha and gyokuro. The partial shading stimulates increased chlorophyll and L-theanine, producing more sweetness and umami than unshaded sencha without gyokuro's full intensity.
Tasting Notes
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Origin
Plant
Land
~200m, lowland
Craft
Shade-grown 7-14 days (partial). Spring (ichibancha) harvest. Steamed, rolled.
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