Shoko Kiln (F415): Earth Taira - Brown Clay Kyusu Tea Pot (300 ml) 晶光茶泥平丸急須This beautifully, elegantly simple kyusu tea pot by the Shoko Kiln of Tokoname features an beautiful earth brown colored clay crafted into an oval shape with an embedded steel mesh for steeping fukamushicha. Left unglazed but high temperature fired (yakijime), the pot will absorb the bitterness in your tea just a little, creating a more rounded flavor profile. Volume: 300 ml Size: about 16 x 14 x 7 cm Material: Ceramic Strainer: Embedded Steel Mesh

4 grams each

Kagoshima is the second largest tea production region in Japan

Company: Iyo Yuinoh Center

Another shiraore stem tea coming from the award-winning Kurihara Tea Farm

Water: 70-80C/160-180F

lower quality leaf) since the second flush does not fetch a significant price on the market anyway

Astringency (5 = least astringent): 3

It is characterized by a creamy umami flavor rarely found in organically grown leaves

the larger grains you get

a gem hiding quietly waiting to be discovered

The leaves are then harvested by machine and processed using sencha processing methods--steaming

and rolled by hand for 6