#0862.S5 Chikumeido: Warakake Chikumei Kabusecha わらかけ【竹茗】The 7th Tea Master of Chikumeido Shizuoka Tea, Nishimura Eiji, nearly a century ago was one of the first tea purveyors to begin selling kabusecha. Then it was known as hot water gyokuro (netto gyokuro) and farmers covered their tea plants with straw (warakake) to shade the leaves. Today, Chikumeido continues the tradition with their warakake series. Chikumei is the highest grade in the Warakake series. Ingredients: Green Tea Storage: Store airtight in

Material: Red Clay

a lightweight

The deep blue stands out beautifully against the white background in this blue floral design

Packaging: During the months of May and June

do not use in dishwasher

and grinds the tencha leaves into matcha by stone mill after refinement

This is a new innovation in the tea industry and we hesitated ourselves to call this matcha

Volume: 600 ml (20

serving the city of Kyoto (Japan's old capital) is considered the birthplace of the Japanese tea industry

was named because it comes from zairai tea plants over 30 years old

and most importantly the flavor of the matcha

We are honored to offer a small allocation of this rare lot