Sencha Hatsutsumi Tezumi 50g

• Style: Asamushi
• Region: Higashi-Shirakawa, Gifu
• Harvest: 05/2026
• Stimulation: medium

An exceptional hand-picked tea, personally processed by Mr Yasue. It is made only once a year, within a single 24-hour window. It comes from the picturesque village of Higashi-Shirakawa, surrounded by steep slopes and deep forests. Here, amid pristine nature in the hills above the river whose crystal-clear water gave the village its name (“Eastern White River”), lies the Tokiwaen plantation. It is beautifully kept, and Mr Yasue is a true expert as well as wonderful company.

Like his father before him, Mr Yasue farms in harmony with the surrounding nature. He grows, picks and processes the tea himself – first into aracha and then through the final refining (shiage) – in the smallest tea factory I have ever seen. He is the local Shinto priest, a beekeeper, a tea farmer and a tea maker all in one person.

Note: The tea is packed in a generic shincha bag. The 静岡県 (Shizuoka Prefecture) label printed on it is part of the bag design, not the origin of the tea – this tea comes from Higashi-Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture.