Honyama Gyokuro | Organic | 2024

本山 玉露

Organic gyokuro hand-picked after 30 days of tana shade from a single garden of Yabukita tea trees nestled deep in the mountainous Honyama terroir of Shizuoka.

The uncompromising harvesting by hand (one bud, three leaves) and subsequent light asamushi steaming bestow Mr. Saitō’s gyokuro with an elegant and almost timeless expression.

Discreet sensations of warmth and summer-like sweetness tell of a finely tuned hi-ire process – the final firing step carried out in traditional Shizuoka style – while the naturally profound umami is ocean-like and characteristically lingering; at times seemingly without end…

sweet corn – roasted nori seaweed – niboshi dashi

kr. 250,00