Okumidori Matcha - 30g bag
Using the cultivar, Okumidori, which has a mesmerizing and rich green color, the Hori family stone-mills a limited batch each year. The Okumidori cultivar is typically used to to make Sencha but it is now also used for matcha production. Kiroku Tea Garden is known for their beautiful, high-quality matcha and that they use their own tea and matcha processing equipment in-house.
At the moment, our packaging for our matcha comes in sealed bags that you can store in your own tea canister. As we wait for our tea tins to come in, we will be offering our matcha this way for the time being.
-Warm up your tea bowl with a little bit of hot water and gently whisk the tip of your chasen in the hot water to soften the bamboo tines. Discard water.
-Scoop 2g of matcha into a strainer over your tea bowl and sift.
-Gently pour a teaspoon of water into the tea bowl and whisk into a paste. Then add 70ml of hot water and whisk in a quick “W” motion for about 15 seconds to create a nice, thick froth.
-Continue to gently whisk the surface of the foam to break up bigger bubbles for a few more seconds.
Kiroku Tea Garden is a 5th generation women-owned tea farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. A total of 26 tea fields are lovingly tended by Megumi Hori, her sister Hiroe, and their mother Yoko. After Megumi’s father passed away several years ago, Megumi returned to Wazuka to help her mother continue the near-century-long family legacy.
The Hori family processes their own tea and matcha in-house and are passionate about revitalizing the tea industry in Japan. By experimenting with rare cultivars and creating unique single-origin teas, they hope to reignite people’s appreciation of the beauty and complexity of high-quality Japanese tea.