Gyokuro Hoshino A3JGA Harvest: April/May 2023
Origin: Japan / Fukuoka / Yame / Hoshino
Height: 300 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Yabukita
An excellent Gyokuro from the region of Hoshino, with a very full umami taste (typical for the teas from Kyushu), at the same time very balanced, which probably results from the variety that has been used, i.e. Yabukita. Yabukita is usually used to make Sencha, but when well made, as it is the case here, a beautiful Gyokuro can be the result.
Character:
Highly concentrated, juicy, mellow, full, sweet, buttery, slightly spicy. A tea that melts in the mouth like a shortbread right from the oven.
Category:
Gyokuro Gyokuro are the noblest teas in Japan, the name meaning drop of jade dew. For this tea, only leaves of overshadowed tea bushes are used. By casting a shadow on the bushes, their growth slows down. This results in more amino acids and chlorophyll in the leaves and consequently a more pronounced umami and sweet taste, less catechins and therefore less bitter substances. To produce Gyokuro, the tea bushes are overshadowed for twenty-one days before the plucking. Gyokuro teas are very dense and aromatic.
