Honyama Gyokuro | Organic | 2025

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 and highly laborious harvest by hand (one bud, three leaves), followed by a light asamushi steaming, bestows Saitō-san’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 a naturally rich umami is ocean-like and characteristically lingering; at times seemingly without end…

sweet corn – roasted nori seaweed – niboshi dashi

kr. 250,00