Organic Sencha Ujijitate

Yabukita single origin green tea, Japan

Origin: Kyoto, Japan

Ingredients: green tea

Shelf life: one year

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This organic green tea is produced as Aracha (unsorted green tea) by processing Yabukita cultivar (grown in Kirishima city Kagoshima prefecture), and finally processed, bag-packed in the Ujitawara factory certified under the JAS standards.

Place of origin: Kirishima city, Kagoshima prefecture
Cultivar: Yabukita

＊organic JAS (Japan Agricultural Standards): Only the produce that can meet the following terms are certified as JAS-certified organic produce.
① Prohibited pesticides and chemical fertilizers have not been used over two years in the fields when seeding and planting.
② Prohibited pesticides and chemical fertilizers have not been used while plants are growing, either.
③ The ingredients of fertilizers or pesticides used in the fields should be natural or produced only by using natural ingredients which are not processed chemically.
④ The fields, facilities and equipment should be kept away from spreading or mixing pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
⑤ Genetically-modified seeds are not used.
⑥ Pesticides for the purposes of the extermination of disease and insect pests are not used.

1. Put 5 g (1 tsp ) of Sencha into a Japanese teapot.
2. Cool boiled water down to 70℃ (158ºF) and pour it (200 cc) into the teapot.
3. Steap for 60 seconds and pour the equal amount of tea in each cup.
The same tea leaves can be used three times. Use hotter water for the second and third infusion.
Used tea leaves should be immersed for a shorter time.

The taste of tea is a matter of preference, so try infusing tea in several ways and find your favorite taste.