Yame Ceremonial Grade Gyokuro Matcha Wood-fired Each leaf is carefully crafted

Each leaf is carefully crafted into a signature oval “melon seed” shape

On its own

hot springs

historic tea village nestled within this landscape—a place known among connoisseurs for producing teas with a more pronounced “lan xiang” (orchid fragrance) compared to other Jingmai subregions

What makes Tsuyuhikari stand out is its approachability

Yame Ceremonial Grade Gyokuro Matcha Wood-fired Each leaf is carefully craftedThis is a slightly different kind of matcha. Most matcha is made from tencha, which is a shaded green tea thats dried flat, refined, and then ground into powder. This one, instead, is made from gyokuro. Gyokuro is also shade grown, but after steaming, the leaves go through an additional step of kneading and rolling. That process is traditionally meant to bring out more umami when brewed as a loose leaf tea. When those same leaves are turned into