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Kyobancha πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Kyobancha πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

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Kettle Roasted Kyobancha
Japanese Roasted Green Tea
From Uji, Southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

25g Tin

Low in Caffeine!
*Very Limited Quantity*

A Kyoto speciality, Kyobancha is a popular everyday drinking tea and is interestingly made from large mature leaves that are very coarse - often farmers will trim this type of leaf at the end of the year and put back onto the tea garden as a mulch rather than process into tea.

The large leaves are left unrolled before undergoing a very long steam and a hot roast in an iron kettle which creates a balanced smoky character. The resulting tea is one of large unrolled leaves with lightly roasted and olive tones giving a light and gentle smoked aroma. The tea soup is brilliant quality, golden in colour with a refreshing gentle flavour, a soft smokiness and smooth mouthfeel.Β 

During the roasting process the leaves are subjected to high temperatures which withdraws the majority of caffeine and tannins present in the leaves.

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