ASANOKA SHINCHA

Origin: Japan, Kirishima, Kagoshima
Tea colour: green tea

Dry leaves:
Aspect: beautiful leave folded into needle, glossy aspect, the mark of a high quality tea.
Colour: nice fir tree green.
Scents: highly iodine, marine, crustacean, vanilla, fruity, cooked planty.

Brewed leaves:
Scents: marine, fish, crustacean and cooked vegetable notes.

Liquor:
Colour: pale green liquor.
Texture: very round and thick in the mouth, not much astringent.
Flavour: sweet, umami
Aromas: a vegetal attack (cooked vegetables), marine notes (shellfish, fish flesh), and fresh iodine accents that evolve into fresh, lively notes.
Aromatic profil and lenght in the mouth: an elegant finish with a good presence, with vegetal, fresh herbs and fresh mint, and a subtle white flower note.

Our verdict:
Asanoka is a new cultivar that was developed and tested in Kagoshima in the Chiran region. It is now successfully cultivated by some producers in the region. It is a cross between Yabukita and another cultivar from the Chinese province of Jiangxi, called Cn1.This is a plucking from Kirishima, a small tea-producing area in Kagoshima prefecture in the region of Kyushu.This delicious tea is elegant and smooth. The leaves are a lovely dark green colour and are delicately folded into needles, making them very attractive! The liquor is a clear pale green, the texture is very round and thick in the mouth, and the vegetal and marine notes linger nicely, like the best Japanese teas.

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