Sencha is now newly added to our green tea collection!

Good news for Japanese tea lovers :) We finally have a very good sencha in our collection!
As you may already noticed, there are many different types of green tea in the world of Japanese tea. In that sense, green tea is probably the most important tea category to talk about Japanese tea.
Until now, we were offering kamairicha (釜炒り茶), which is pan-fired green tea originating from the third tea introduction from China in the 15th century. This historical tea characterizes some of the unique tea regions in Kyushu (九州) and Shikoku (四国) islands, representing a part of Japanese tea diversity.
But if we want to talk about Japanese green tea, there is another tea which we shouldn't miss: Sencha (煎茶), the Japanese steemed green tea!
Outside Japan, the most popular Japanese tea is probably matcha (抹茶). However in Japan, sencha is the most commonly chosen for the daily tea time. Actually, the steeming technique for producing green tea is quite unique to Japan since its invention in the valley of Kyoto around the 17-18th century. Since then, sencha has been the most widely produced green tea in our country.

The first sencha we have chosen for our collection is the aged Uji Zairai (宇治在来) sencha from a natural farmer at Yuyadani (湯屋谷) in Kyoto. Yuyadani is the place where the first sencha was born in Japanese tea history. In this valley, he is cultivating the traditional indigenous tea plants Uji Zairai following the traditional farming practices. His goal is to revive the original taste of the first sencha of his land.
We met him during our Japan mission at the beginning of this March. He is a very passionate person with full of his love for the history and culture of his land. His tea is full of flavors and has a unique aroma of "hotoro (ホトロ)" — the distinctive aroma of local grass straw — and this very taste and aroma represents the terroir of his land Yuyadani.
We are very happy that we can now have this very special tea in our collection.
This is a tea for all tea lovers, and for anybody who want to experience the true taste of Japan.