CHISEN

Name: CHISEN
Brand: Ikkyu Tea
SKU: YAKOU-01
Price: 2300.0 JPY
Availability: InStock

Competition organic Koucha

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An organic Japanese benifuuki black tea (wa-koucha) with a copper-hued liquor, bright apricot and blackberry notes with a malty finish.

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WASHI WRAPPED 30g (1.05oz)

PLAIN BAG 30g (1.05oz)

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Description

2025 harvest - Winner, First place, 2024 Premium Tea Contest Japan

This premium organic black tea (wa-koucha) is made with the Benifuuki cultivar, known to relieve allergy symptoms.

The copper-hued liquor of CHISEN will delight your eyes, and its bright apricot and blackberry notes with a malty finish your palate. Notes of honey accent this tea’s mildly tannic liquor. It can be steeped for less time for a brisk and bright breakfast tea or steeped for more time for a more hearty, malty finish. It is a wonderful option for a morning cup of tea.

Harashima san’s koucha is made from tea leaves grown in the Yame mountains at 500 meters above sea level. A fully fermented tea, his koucha has a firm taste and sweetness similar to that of Assam tea - used for non-Japanese black teas - and also a characteristically Darjeeling flavor, and goes perfectly with sweets.

Information

Net Weight: 30g
Harvest: 2025
Origin: 100% Japanese tea from Yame
Quality and type: Competition Koucha
Organic: Yes JAS
Cultivars: Benifuuki
Conservation: 3 years unopened
Optimal tasting: within 2 years after opening

Brewing Instructions

Tea for 2
4g / 0.14 oz

Water
160ml / ~5.41 fl oz

Temperature
95C / 203F

Time
3 min

Tasting Guide

Aromatic Profiles

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FLORAL

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GRASSY

Producer Information

HARASHIMA MASASHI

For three generations now, Harashima san’s family has dedicated their lives on the farms to grow and produce tea leaves of the highest quality. Harashima san is a Master in Sencha Tea Ceremony of the Kofu Sencha Reifu school, as well as a Nihoncha Instructor. ‍‍

He joined his family tea company in 1983. Founded in 1950 by his grandfather, Chiyokichi, his tea business switched to organic and EU-regulations farming in 2008 under his direction. Today, in addition to growing and processing tea, he runs a beautiful tea shop overlooking the Yabe river with his wife Eri and their daughter who prepares delicious tea-based lunches and desserts for their customers.

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LJ

08/19/2024

Lewis J.

United Kingdom

Quality black tea

This tea has a great full bodied taste. Vastly different to your normal black tea. A bit expensive, but definitely worth the price.

P

08/04/2024

PamO

United States

Unrivaled excellence

Over a 20-year period, I have sampled some of the best black teas available from India/Darjeeling, Ceylon and China. Without a side to side comparison I can't judge absolutely, but my impression is that Chisen is better than all I've tried. Simply put, it has more beautiful flavors and fewer undesirable flavors. I followed the preparation instructions precisely, pulling out my gram scale to measure the tea, and heating my mug and water to temperature in a microwave, testing with a temperature probe. Kudos to the producers!

SR

06/18/2024

Susan R.

Canada

Wonderful

Delightfully delicious tea , such a lovely balance of flavour highly recommend I will buy again!

JB

04/08/2024

José B.

Portugal

a nice surprise

a very good tea with strong caracter

J

04/01/2024

Jorge