🌱 2024 Shincha Pre-Orders 🌱

Kiroku Tea Garden: 2023 Kabusecha Aracha (Wazuka, Kyoto)

2 Reviews
JPY ¥450
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Size

Delivery and Shipping

Shipping fees vary by country, courier, and method. Place items into your inventory and go to the CART page to see the shipping estimate calculator. For some countries, we may need to manually calculate fees after purchase.

YUNOMI.LIFE'S DELIVERY GUARANTEE: We guarantee delivery for all orders shipped by airmail with a tracking number. (Conditions apply. Exceptions when notified.) Occasionally, orders may require additional customs processing for import. We will aid you to the fullest extent of our ability. If your order does not arrive within ONE month from shipment due to no fault of your own, we will replace or refund your order at no extra cost. We reserve the right to refuse shipment if we think delivery to your address may be difficult. This guarantee does not apply if recipient neglects or refuses to pay customs fees & import taxes, neglects to retrieve an order held at a post office or distribution center, or if the order is not deliverable due to a wrong address. Yunomi.life's Delivery Guarantee does not apply to wholesale purchases.

The women of the Hori family shades their field of Gokou cultivar tea plants for about 3 weeks prior to harvest in May to create a umami-rich green tea.

The Gokou cultivar is an unregistered cultivar that was specifically made to suit the soil and climate of Kyoto Prefecture, where the Kiroku Tea Garden is based. This cultivar is very well-suited for shading and therefore is sure to make a high quality kabusecha! Please note that this is a Kabusecha Aracha, meaning that it is unrefined tea.

 

Product Info

  • Ingredients: Green tea
  • Cultivar: Gokou (primary cultivar used)
  • Harvest: May
  • Notes: Shaded for about 3 weeks, no pesticides used prior to harvest. Synthetic fertilizers used.
  • Region: Wazuka Village, Kyoto Prefecture

 

Steeping Recommendation

Tea: 5 grams. Time: 1 min. Water: 70C/158F, 200 ml. Resteep up to 3 times.

 

About the Garden

The 4th generation Kiroku Tea Garden is in the heart of Wazuka, Kyoto prefecture, an area whose mountain tea fields and undulating terraced slopes thick with fog make perfect tea-growing conditions. Founded nearly 100 years ago, before cars and farming machinery were available, their mountain fields were cleared by hand by the Great-Grandfather of sisters Megumi and Ui Hori.

Today, with their mother, the sisters find themselves in the unusual position of being a farm entirely owned and operated by women. After the passing of their father, the three women took over the running of the farm to continue their family’s legacy, one that began in these fields all those years ago. In the male-dominated tea agriculture and production industry, their efforts are a challenge to the status quo. At Yunomi, we are proud to support their dedication. To learn more about the Kiroku Tea Garden, please check out our interview with Ui Hori (posted April 2021)

Payment & Security

Payment methods

  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB
  • Mastercard
  • PayPal
  • Shop Pay
  • Visa

Your payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.

Kiroku Tea Garden

Kiroku Tea Garden: 2023 Kabusecha Aracha (Wazuka, Kyoto)

From JPY ¥450

The women of the Hori family shades their field of Gokou cultivar tea plants for about 3 weeks prior to harvest in May to create a umami-rich green tea.

The Gokou cultivar is an unregistered cultivar that was specifically made to suit the soil and climate of Kyoto Prefecture, where the Kiroku Tea Garden is based. This cultivar is very well-suited for shading and therefore is sure to make a high quality kabusecha! Please note that this is a Kabusecha Aracha, meaning that it is unrefined tea.

 

Product Info

 

Steeping Recommendation

Tea: 5 grams. Time: 1 min. Water: 70C/158F, 200 ml. Resteep up to 3 times.

 

About the Garden

The 4th generation Kiroku Tea Garden is in the heart of Wazuka, Kyoto prefecture, an area whose mountain tea fields and undulating terraced slopes thick with fog make perfect tea-growing conditions. Founded nearly 100 years ago, before cars and farming machinery were available, their mountain fields were cleared by hand by the Great-Grandfather of sisters Megumi and Ui Hori.

Today, with their mother, the sisters find themselves in the unusual position of being a farm entirely owned and operated by women. After the passing of their father, the three women took over the running of the farm to continue their family’s legacy, one that began in these fields all those years ago. In the male-dominated tea agriculture and production industry, their efforts are a challenge to the status quo. At Yunomi, we are proud to support their dedication. To learn more about the Kiroku Tea Garden, please check out our interview with Ui Hori (posted April 2021)

Size

  • 10g / 0.35 oz / May 2023
  • 100g / 3.5 oz / May 2023
  • 1kg / 2.2 lbs / May 2023
View product