{"id":10680,"date":"2020-12-07T19:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/vare\/matcha-tokiwa-organic-2019\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T09:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:24:07","slug":"matcha-tokiwa","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/vare\/matcha-tokiwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Matcha Tokiwa | Organic | 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Description | <span lang=\"ja\">\u8a73\u7d30<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Tokiwa is Chiran N\u014den\u2019s finest grade of matcha, suitable for both \u2018thick\u2019 <em>(koicha)<\/em> and \u2018thin\u2019<em>(usucha)<\/em> tea. Its pure expression of the Okumidori cultivar results in a carefully balanced sense of natural umami and a refreshing, spring-like sweetness with little to no bitterness depending on style of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>The gentle organic farming method employed at Chiran N\u014den&#8217;s tea fields provides the tea leaves with a naturally mild taste profile after harvest. Tokiwa\u2019s maturation period as tencha since its spring harvest in May 2023 in turn adds new layers of body and depth, while preserving the original spring-like freshness of the Okumidori leaf.<\/p>\n<p>The moment Tokiwa comes into contact with a preheated tea bowl, a rich aroma is released from the tea, carefully stone-milled by Chiran N\u014den themselves, reminding us of baked chestnut and dark chocolates. The fine green matcha powder subsequently whisks into a vibrantly verdant and velvety tea with a well-balanced umami structure and patiently lingering aftertaste with a warm, gently toasted touch. Tokiwa represents as such a fine example of a high quality matcha grown in accordance with organic farming methods \u2013 still a rarity to come across today.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Tea trees | <span lang=\"ja\">\u8336\u6a39<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Cultivar:<\/strong> Okumidori<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 10-40 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altitude:<\/strong> 150-200 masl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shade:<\/strong> covered 20 days before harvest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fertiliser: <\/strong>homemade, fermented organic fertiliser made of by-products from the local fishing industry and agriculture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivation method<\/strong>: certified organic (read more about organic and natural farming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/organic-and-natural-farming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvest: <\/strong>May 27th 2023<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Production method | <span lang=\"ja\">\u88fd\u8336\u65b9\u6cd5<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Steaming:<\/strong> medium (<em>ch\u016bmushi<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Store:<\/strong> matured as tencha until November 2024, then carefully milled to matcha on granite stone-mills<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Producer | <span lang=\"ja\">\u751f\u7523\u8005<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chiran N\u014den <span lang=\"ja\">\u77e5\u89a7\u8fb2\u5712<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Origin | <span lang=\"ja\">\u7523\u5730<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Chiran in Kagoshima, Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4><span lang=\"ja\">\u62b9\u8336 \u5e38\u78d0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5>Chiran N\u014den\u2019s finest matcha delicately balancing natural umami sensations with a sweet, slightly toasted touch from the final <em>hi-ire<\/em> firing of the mature tencha leaves.<\/h5>\n<h5>Single-cultivar Okumidori leaves harvested during the spring harvest in May 2023 and carefully stone-milled by Chiran N\u014den themselves.<\/h5>\n<h5><em style=\"font-size: 20px;\">wakame soup \u2013 baked chestnut \u2013 dark chocolate<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oeko-labels_io_ny_lavres-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"50px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[202,103,191,211],"product_tag":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-10680","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-chiran-noen-kagoshima","7":"product_cat-matcha-tea","8":"product_cat-tea","9":"product_cat-organic-farming","10":"product_tag-matcha-en","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-variable","18":"has-default-attributes"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10680"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10680"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}