Sencha of the Wind

Price listed is for a 100 gram (3.5 oz) bag of loose leaf (How many cups is this?). Purchase 3 or more for a 5% discount.

Tea color	Tea leaves	Brewed leaves

A tea popular with female customers in Japan, our Sencha of the Wind or 風の煎茶, is a sencha with a soft sweetness that is perfect for our warm water (sencha espresso) steeping method. Steep it with boiling water though, and surprisingly the tea retains much of its sweetness.

Grown on southeast facing rolling hills at an altitude of 500 meters (1640 feet) and harvested in late May, the cultivation technique is very similar to our Kabuse Sencha. However, in addition to being harvested slightly later than the Kabuse, this tea does not use the Yabukita variety of tea plant (said to be the most suitable for Japanese tea) and is instead cultivated on standard tea plants. The difference is in the leaves as these leaves produce less amino acids than the Kabuse and therefore less bitterness.

Health Info
Catechin	★★
Theanine	★★★★★
Caffeine	★★★
Vitamin C	★★★
Chlorophyll	★★★★★
The above info are relative estimations based on cultivation and processing methods. They may also be affected by the steeping technique used, by storage conditions, etc.