Description

Asanoka | Premium Ceremonial Grade Matcha

Tencha farmers from Wazuka, Kyoto—sisters Ui and Megumi Hori, and their mother—bring you a small batch (only 1-2 dozen kg harvested)  of Asanoka | Premium Ceremonial Grade 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 Kiroju Tea Garden

The 4th generation Kirokuen Tea Farm is in the heart of Wazuka, 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, our 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 death of their father, my mother, myself and my sister took over the running of the farm to continue our 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, and we are proud to support their dedication.