#0752.S5 Mandara Green Tea Sampler Set by Kadode Ooigawa, Shizuoka - 4 steaming levels vs 4 green-roasting levels. (16 tea bags)The set includes 16 different tea bags with tea of 4 different steaming levels vs 4 different green roasting levels. Green roasting is a post production refinement heating process that reduces the moisture in dry, unrefined leaf from 5 6% to 1 2%. Stronger roasts create a toastier flavor. Steaming the leaves is the first step in the processing of Japanese green tea and can range from 20 seconds to 90 seconds (the degree of steaming also affected by

Total annual production: about 25kg

Region: Kochi Prefecture

Size: 130 (expanded bottom 30 + width 100) x 37

The Shourai blend is made from the aracha (unrefined tea in which stems and leaf fannings are not filtered out) of three types of cultivars: fukumidori (plays central role)

Western brands often have a 18-24 month shelf life though

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To steep this tea

or Karatsu Ware (Wikipedia entry)

To obtain the best of the best in the world of matcha production

Their skill

allowing the flavour of the ingredients to really shine

Also available in off-white and gray