Product Info

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Harvest: Spring
• Cultivation & Processing Notes: Shaded for 3 weeks, steamed, rolled, dried.
• Region: Kyoto Prefecture

Steeping Notes

• 1st Steeping - Tea: 5 grams. Time: 2 min. Water: 50˚C/122˚F, 50 ml. (Produces a sip of an ultra-enriched umami syrup low on bitterness.
• 2nd Steeping - Time: 10 seconds. Water: 70˚C/158˚F, 200 ml.
• 3rd Steeping - Time: 45 seconds. Water: 70˚C/158˚F, 200 ml.
• The amounts above are guidelines. Adjust to preference.
• Consider also advanced steeping techniques such as cold or ice steeping (see Steeping Techniques).

Producer Info

• Name: Nishide Tea Factory (Nishide Seichajyo Co., Ltd.)
• Type: Family-owned tea factory
• CEO: Takashi Nishide
• Address: 59 Higashiokutani Zenjyoji, Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto 610-0201, Japan

The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.