Kiroku Tea Garden: Single Cultivar Asanoka Matcha (Premium Ceremonial Grade) from Wazuka, Kyoto Kiroku Tea Garden

Tencha farmers from Wazuka, Kyoto—sisters Ui and Megumi Hori, and their mother—bring you a small batch (only 1-2 dozen kg harvested) matcha made from a new and still rare cultivar called Asanoka.

The Asanoka cultivar was registered in Kagoshima in 1996, and was made from a cross between the common Yabukita cultivar and a Chinese cultivar registered as Hiramizu #1. As a matcha, it will be refreshing with strong umami flavor and sweet notes.

Product Info

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Cultivar: Asanoka
• Harvest: Spring
• Notes: No pesticides used prior to harvest, synthetic fertilizers used.
• Region: Wazuka Village, Kyoto

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	30g / 1 oz / Yunomi resealable bag, 150g (30g x 5 refill bags) / 5.3 oz / Grinding on demand

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