{"id":25153,"date":"2026-05-11T07:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=25153"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:28:41","slug":"chiran-sencha-2026","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/vare\/chiran-sencha-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiran Sencha | Organic | 2026 | *pre-order*"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Tea trees | <span lang=\"ja\">\u8336\u6a39<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Cultivars: Asanoka, Asatsuyu, Saemidori, Yabukita, Yutakamidori<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 15-40 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altitude:<\/strong> 150-200 masl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shade:<\/strong> covered 7-10 days prior to harvest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fertiliser:<\/strong> homemade, fermented organic fertiliser made of local by-products from the fishing industry and agriculture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivation method<\/strong>: certified organic (read more about organic and natural farming <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/organic-and-natural-farming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvest:<\/strong> April &#8211; May 2026<\/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>) for Yabukita; deep (<em>fukamushi<\/em>) for Asanoka, Asatsuyu, Saemidori, and Yutakamidori<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Producer | <span lang=\"ja\">\u751f\u7523\u8005<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Asuka Nuruki<\/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\">\u77e5\u89a7 \u714e\u8336<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5>The finest sencha from Asuka Nuruki in Chiran, Kagoshima, crafted from a careful blend of five distinct cultivars: Asanoka, Asatsuyu, Saemidori, Yutakamidori, and Yabukita.<\/h5>\n<h5>The young spring leaves are shaded between seven and ten days prior to harvest and then subsequently deep-steamed <em>(fukamushi)<\/em> with the exception of the Yabukita varietal, adding a pleasant sense of clarity and structure through its moderate <em>ch\u016bmushi<\/em> steaming.<\/h5>\n<h5>The final result is a vibrantly verdant green tea with a characteristically smooth and velvety texture, delicately balancing bright notes of spring with a deep, but never heavy, sensation of umami.<\/h5>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 20px;\">wakame soup \u2013 buttered scallop \u2013 hints of mango<\/em><\/p>\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=\"250px\" height=\"auto\"><\/p>\n<h6><em>**Please note that this is a pre-order, and the tea will be dispatched as soon as we receive it \u2013 with delivery expected in late May**<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[202,370,191,211,105,137],"product_tag":[129],"class_list":{"0":"post-25153","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-chiran-noen-kagoshima","7":"product_cat-new-arrivals","8":"product_cat-tea","9":"product_cat-organic-farming","10":"product_cat-sencha-tea","11":"product_cat-shincha-2024","12":"product_tag-sencha-en","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-variable","20":"has-default-attributes"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25153","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=25153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25153"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25153"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.io-te.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}