ATSUKO

Name: ATSUKO
Brand: Ikkyu Tea
SKU: YASEN-02W
Price: 1700.0 JPY
Availability: InStock

High-Grade Sencha

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A high-grade, lightly steamed sencha from Yame, with notes of fresh bean sprouts, watercress, and lily. Very accessible and enjoyable. First harvest tea.

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Plain bag 50 GR (1.76 OZ)

White Washi Wrapped 50 GR (1.76 OZ)

Yame Washi Wrapped 50 GR (1.76 OZ)

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Description

First harvest tea (Shincha 2023)

Mizota san expertly blended the Yabukita and Saemidori cultivars to create the lightly steamed ATSUKO sencha. This tea is a very accessible, high-quality sencha to enjoy daily. It has a vibrant and sweet liquor with notes of fresh bean sprouts, watercress, and lily. Mizota san was able to create a tea that tastes like springtime, with a simple and elegant liquor.

Information

Net Weight: 50g
Harvest: 2023
Origin: 100% Japanese tea from Yame
Quality and type: High-Grade Sencha
Organic: No
Cultivars: Yabukita, Sae-Midori
Conservation: 1 year unopened
Optimal tasting: within 6 weeks after opening

Brewing Instructions

Tea for 2
8g / 0.28 oz

Water
180ml / ~6 fl oz

Temperature
60C / 140F

Time
60s

Tasting Guide

Aromatic Profiles

Body

floral

Umami

Fruity

Roasted

Nutty

Woody / Earthy

Vegetal

Grassy

Producer Information

MIZOTA CHISAKO

Mizota Chisako san was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1937. She got married at age of 19 and began to farm green tea. She worked hard every day, even when it was rainy or windy. The couple decided to open a tiny tea shop.

After her husband won the top prize of the All Japan Green Tea Competition, a government award, their green tea became a sensation throughout all Japan.