Ichiban Sencha

This is the first production from the all-important Kakegawa area within Shizuoka, Japan's most important tea growing prefecture. This bracing, lemony tea is an assertive example of the popular style of deep steamed (Fukumushi) Sencha.

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	Ichiban Sencha - loose tea sample SKU: 49008-135	$4.00
	Ichiban Sencha - loose 4 oz tin SKU: 44278	$39.00

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Briskness	Body	Aroma
2	3	2

About Ichiban Sencha

Dry Leaves	A fine mix of leaf filaments that are light green and powdery. This is due to the deep steam (Fukumushi) method of fixing the teas green. The leaves are subjected to an extra thirty seconds of high pressure steam that totally breaks up the tea leaf.
Liquor	This tea is a light green, and it is a little clouded from from the fine leaf particles that are dissolved in the liquor.
Aroma	Ichiban has a citrusy top note of lemon juice and is balanced by the dark vegetal aromas of spinach and nori seaweed.
Caffeine Level	Caffeinated
Body	As a very early season tea, it is loaded with amino acids. So this tea has more body than most green teas.
Flavors	The style of this Sencha is bracing and lemony at the start with the mellowness of cooked spinach at the finish. It is among the most assertive of Senchas that we offer. The guttiness and astringency come from the deep-steamed production method.
Brewing Time	1 to 2 minutes
Brewing Temperature	160° F

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The Otsuka family has been making tea in the coastal region of Kakegawa for almost 150 years. This Ichiban is their pride, made from the tea fields that surround their factory. The area is so dominated by tea that one hill has a tea bush topiary trimmed to the shape of the Japanese character for "tea." Ichiban is harvested on the first days of production in late April. It is made at an old, traditional factory and then finished at their plant. Compared with the polished and almost pastoral quality of Matsuda's Sencha, this Ichiban has the punch and intensity of Tokyo's rush hour.

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Customer Reviews

Sally 11/8/12

The best green tea!

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Love this tea. It is my favorite green tea at Harney and Sons by far. I tried Matsuda's Sencha and was disappointed. This is my standard of excellence.

Ginger 3/7/11

Ichiban Sencha is my new favorite

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The dry leaves are a rich dark green and the scent is very rich. My bag had a lot of fines, and not so many full leaves. Brewing gave the traditional yellow-green color and a smooth, yet rich, green tea. The fines made for initial tubidity that settled down. The turbidity reminded me of matcha. I am very much enjoying this tea.

bari 7/16/10

great green tea

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I got this included in the green tea sampler and this is the real deal. beautiful color and brew. really enjoying this tea. it cost a bit more but it's worth it

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