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Kamairicha 釜炒り茶 is produced by pan-fried method (kamairi), instead of the conventional Japanese method of steaming. This style of transformation gives a particular balance between bitterness and sweetness, exempt from the typical astringency found in Sencha style teas. 

This tea is a flagship among jasmine teas. An accurate translation of the name is 'Snowflakes Drifting into Emerald Pond', a description for floating jasmine flowers in the green brew. An excellent organic Qing Ming Mao Feng was selected as a base material. At the end of Summer during the hottest days (when the jasmine has the best fragrance), it was scented with fresh jasmine bud for five to seven times.

The writer Ludvík Kundera, in his book Drinking Tea writes of Sencha tea that “when there is more than enough bitterness, suddenly a spark of sweetness jumps out: gently casting doubt upon its classification”. The aforementioned bitterness, so strong as to be acute, is characteristic for this tea, and if the tea is correctly prepared will be congenially complemented with sparks of sweetness. Generally speaking this provides a very refreshing taste.

If you have ever tried Karigane, you will know that stalks give sweet flavor. To make our Houjicha Karigane, Sencha tea is used for roasting (Ichibancha from the first harvest of the year). Through the roasting process the tea attains a brown colour and a distinctive roast aroma with nut to cinnamon elements. True delicacy!

In translation Fukamushi-cha means deep steamed tea. The opposite pole would be the lightly steamed asamushi-cha tea. Hot steam is used on Japanese teas in order to halt the oxidation of the leaves, by which they differ from the majority of Chinese teas.

Touareg tea, often named “sweet menthol tea”, is a traditional tea in North Africa and a range of Arab countries. Most often, and in the case of our tea, its base is strong green Gunpowder, which is generally perfumed with peppermint leaves. The traditional preparation method is relatively complex, and the tea and mint leaves are brewed together in several steps with a large quantity of sugar. Our mint perfumed Gunpowder gives you the opportunity to prepare the tea more quickly by a simplified method, and to decide whether to prepare green tea perfumed with mint or to sweeten the tea and prepare a modern version of Touareg tea.