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Jun 06, 2025
New matcha supplies from the fresh harvest will be restocked in July 2025. Read about the price updates here.
Tea stems blended with rich tasting green tea from Shiga prefecture
Karigane tea (or kukicha) is made of tea leaves and tea stems together. It contains more vitamin C than other types of green tea and has a savory, mellow taste.
This Ohmi Kabuse Karigane is made of Ohmi Kabusecha, Saemidori (kabusecha means 'shaded tea'). The tea bushes are shaded from direct sunlight for 18-20 days. Thanks to this process it has a rich taste with a very pleasant sweet aftertaste.
Place of Origin: Shiga Pref., Japan
Roasting temperature: 85℃
Roasting time: 20 minutes
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Item code: TTY120
Origin: Shiga Pref., JAPAN
Ingredients: green tea
Best before: FEB / 2026
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| 5 g 0.2 oz 1.2 US tsp |
70°C 158°F |
200 ml 6.8 fl oz 200 cc |
45 sec.~ |
1. Put 5g (1 tsp ) of Karigane into a Japanese teapot.
2. Cool boiled water down to 70℃ (158ºF) and pour it (200cc) into the teapot.
3. Steep for 45 seconds and pour an equal amount of tea into each cup.
The same tea leaves can be used three times. Use hotter water (about 80℃) for the second infusion, but steep it only for 25 seconds.
This is how we recommend brewing this tea, but we all have our preferences, so try experimenting to find the way you like it the most.
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ch******, 2024-08-16 06:19 JST, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
great quality kukicha for after lunch drink... so smooth as a kukicha should be..
Da******, 2022-01-05 08:16 JST, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Rich and flavorful with a bit of a bite, presumably from the stems, results in 2 contrasting qualities, making this a very interesting tea You get a lot of quality at a very reasonable price. By far the best karigane I've tried. I haven't tried many because I never had one I would buy a second time but I would definitely buy this one again. Thanks Sazen!
Ve******, 2021-12-29 22:13 JST, CROATIA
A very mellow and grassy tea. The aroma is reminiscent of roasted vegetables and it has a pleasant aftertaste. I think this may be my new favorite tea.
Al******, 2021-01-02 18:42 JST, UKRAINE
This tea came to me as a small gift from Sazen and I immediately fell in love with it, so I decided to order a 200 g bag of this wonderful tea. Pleasant flavour, beautiful colour
