Aurora Asanoka | Green Tea
The cup has the richness of butter, but itās light and clean like spring water. A grassiness is pervasive all the way through, as it should be, but just enough to satisfy and never bitter. Classy Japanese sencha.
A 2025 first flush spring tea from our friends at the Otsuka Green Tea Co. Itās a lightly-steamed āasamushiā sencha from the Asanoka cultivar growing in the Miyazaki prefecture of Japan. The plants were shaded to limit sun exposure ten days prior to harvest. These shaded teas are called ākabusechaā and bring desirable changes to the leaf before picking. The Asanoka cultivar is hybrid of the popular Japanese Yabukita cultivar and Chinese Hiramizu cultivar. It accounts for less than 1% of the total production in Japan.
Ingredients:Ā green tea
Steeping Instructions
4 grams | 10-12 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 2 min.Ā
Kyusu Teapot Instructions
1st Steep - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | SteepĀ 40 seconds
2nd SteepĀ - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 10 seconds
Number of Cups
2 oz makes 19 cups, 4 oz makes 38 cups
The cup has the richness of butter, but itās light and clean like spring water. A grassiness is pervasive all the way through, as it should be, but just enough to satisfy and never bitter. Classy Japanese sencha.
A 2025 first flush spring tea from our friends at the Otsuka Green Tea Co. Itās a lightly-steamed āasamushiā sencha from the Asanoka cultivar growing in the Miyazaki prefecture of Japan. The plants were shaded to limit sun exposure ten days prior to harvest. These shaded teas are called ākabusechaā and bring desirable changes to the leaf before picking. The Asanoka cultivar is hybrid of the popular Japanese Yabukita cultivar and Chinese Hiramizu cultivar. It accounts for less than 1% of the total production in Japan.
Ingredients:Ā green tea
Steeping Instructions
4 grams | 10-12 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 2 min.Ā
Kyusu Teapot Instructions
1st Steep - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | SteepĀ 40 seconds
2nd SteepĀ - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 10 seconds
Number of Cups
2 oz makes 19 cups, 4 oz makes 38 cups
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The cup has the richness of butter, but itās light and clean like spring water. A grassiness is pervasive all the way through, as it should be, but just enough to satisfy and never bitter. Classy Japanese sencha.
A 2025 first flush spring tea from our friends at the Otsuka Green Tea Co. Itās a lightly-steamed āasamushiā sencha from the Asanoka cultivar growing in the Miyazaki prefecture of Japan. The plants were shaded to limit sun exposure ten days prior to harvest. These shaded teas are called ākabusechaā and bring desirable changes to the leaf before picking. The Asanoka cultivar is hybrid of the popular Japanese Yabukita cultivar and Chinese Hiramizu cultivar. It accounts for less than 1% of the total production in Japan.
Ingredients:Ā green tea
Steeping Instructions
4 grams | 10-12 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 2 min.Ā
Kyusu Teapot Instructions
1st Steep - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | SteepĀ 40 seconds
2nd SteepĀ - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175Ā°F | Steep 10 seconds
Number of Cups
2 oz makes 19 cups, 4 oz makes 38 cups
