#0648.M1 Takeo Tea Farm: 2026 Organic Bancha Green Tea, Satsuki no Aoyanagi, May harvest 五月の青柳Certified organic bancha green tea harvested in the summer by the Takeo family. Compared to sencha, tea leaves of bancha is larger with less caffeine and more catechin. Bancha is known under different names depending on the region, and is sometimes referred to as senryu . In Mie prefecture spring and summer harvested bancha is often referred to as yanagi cha and autumn harvest as bancha . We have named our product 'Aoyanagi in May' for spring harvest,

a shelf is built over the tea bushes  and straw woven with straw is spread over the entire tea fields

Cultiver: Okumidori

Dimensions: diameter 72 x height 37 × length 100mm (diameter 2

the heat generated in this type of processing destroys the aroma of the leaves

About Kiwakoto

Use hotter water for more bitterness

Prepare a tea pot

you should be able to create fine and fresh matcha—which will have a stronger aroma than commercial matcha of equivalent quality due to its freshness

Height: tea pot 7

in the kabuki play 'Koi nyobo somewake tazuna (The beloved wife's particolored reins)'

reflecting the seasonal character of each harvest

Grade: Culinary Grade K2