Yame Dento Hon Gyokuro
Yame Dento Hon Gyokuro is the traditional Yame gyokuro registered in Japan as 八女伝統本玉露, or Traditional Authentic YAME GYOKURO. Its defined regional production uses natural shading materials and hand harvesting.
How yame dento hon gyokuro is prepared
Prepared as a gyokuro leaf infusion. Cooler water and successive steepings are common ways to bring out its sweetness and savoury character.
Royal Blue Tea uses Cold-Brewed Yame Dento Hon Gyokuro in King of Green YAME GYOKURO Super Premium: yame Dento Hon Gyokuro infused in cold water. The linked provenance notes cultivar: Saemidori.[4][5]
In depth
What the complete name means
The Ministry of Agriculture registers this tea as 八女伝統本玉露 and gives the English name Traditional Authentic YAME GYOKURO. The production area is Fukuoka Prefecture. This is a named regional tea with defined production characteristics, so the full identity conveys more than a generic quality description such as premium green tea.[1]
Natural shade and hand harvesting
Before harvest, rice-straw screens are used to reduce the light reaching the tea plants. The official summary also names other natural covering materials and hand harvesting as inherited practices. It connects these methods with a rich, mellow, full-bodied taste and the characteristic shaded-tea aroma, ooi-ka. The local mountain landscape and morning fog form part of the regional growing context.[1]
Within the gyokuro family
Gyokuro is shaded before picking and then processed by steaming, rolling and drying. Its shaded cultivation distinguishes it from ordinary sun-grown sencha, while the leaves are still prepared as an infusion. This helps explain the relationship between the broader Gyokuro name and the more specific Yame Dento Hon Gyokuro identity.[2][3]
Preparing the leaf
Gyokuro is commonly brewed with relatively cool water to emphasize its sweetness and umami, then re-infused. Small vessels and successive pours suit this concentrated style of tea service. Its place in senchado connects it with the Japanese practice of preparing and appreciating infused leaf tea, as distinct from whisked powdered matcha.[2][3]
Part of Gyokuro
References
- [1]governmentProduct Summary (Registration No.5): 八女伝統本玉露 — Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan↑§1↑§2
- [2]EncyclopediaGyokuro — Wikipedia↑§3↑§4
- [3]EncyclopediaSencha — Wikipedia↑§3↑§4
- [4]Producerhttps://online.royalbluetea.com/?pid=161935939↑prepared↑prepared↑prepared
- [5]Instagram@royalbluetea.japan — Oct 28, 2019↑prepared