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Japanese Fukamushi Shincha Loose Leaf Green Tea

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A deliciously buttery and mellow green sencha loose leaf tea from Japan. A delicate and bright first flush that is streamed for longer than a more common asamushi sencha to accentuate the smoother notes of the leaf.

Long steamed to accentuate the sweeter, less astringent characteristics of the tea, making a buttery smooth infusion enriched with fragments of leaf.

25p per cup based on 3g of tea per 150ml of water and 6 infusions.

Wakohen tea garden, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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Our loose leaf Shincha green tea also makes an excellent cold infused iced tea.

Because of the finer particles with a high surface area, the tea extracts extremely quickly. Using 2g per 150ml you can make a very delicious tea in just five or ten minutes in ambient temperature. Enjoy strained over ice.

After checking the fields everyday from the end of March to early April the farmer, Horiguchi-san, harvests the tea at the exact point the first bud has reached maturity.

The first flush is called "Shincha" in Japanese. Shin (ๆ–ฐ) means "new" and Cha (่Œถ) means "tea" = "first tea of the season".

Sometimes also called "ichibancha" (first flush tea).

Fukamushi is steamed two or three times longer than the more common asamushi sencha. Fukamushi means "steamed for a long time".

This changes the appearance and the taste - the longer steaming makes the tea taste softer and sweeter with less astringency. The tea leaves themselves become more soft and more fragile when they are dried. As tiny pieces break off you get a deeper colour, more cloudy texture in your teacup.

The more broken appearance might make you think Fukamushi Shincha is of lesser quality โ€“ but just taste it to see that this is definitely not the case. Ingesting a little of this pure leaf means you get more of the rich nutrients than a pure, clear infusion.

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The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.

In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any tea or teaware you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*

In most instances we will give you a full refund of the itemโ€™s cost excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us. Customers in the European Union have a statutory cooling-off period of fourteen days that is not affected by this guarantee, but any tea pouches much remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within two months of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.