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88 Ya No Shincha
Kinezuka 2025

Contest Grade 99 P.

SKU
4803-bio
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  • 2025
Contest Grade Organic Shincha from the first harvest of 2025, sourced directly from an exceptional farm in Shizuoka, one of Japan’s top tea regions. Made from 100% Yabukita cultivar. Particularly rich in caffeine, catechins and tannins, this tea offers a perfect balance of sweetness and astringency. 88 Ya No Shincha has been traditionally cherished as a tea of longevity. Harvested on April 24th, 2025. 80g
  • Traditionally harvested on the lucky 88th night after the spring equinox
  • Sourced from a top terroir right at the foot of Mount Fuji
  • From an exceptional organic farm with self-imposed high standards and a natural approach
  • Pesticide-free farming since 1976
  • The terroir and cultivation methods produce an especially revitalising tea
Character Decidedly natural in taste, robust, with a balance between bitterness, umami and sweetness. Slightly astringent, refreshing, delicate aromas, and finished with notes of green apple
Tea Farm Kinezuka Tea Garden
Terroir Setoya, Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Harvest 1st harvest (ichibancha): April 24th, 2025
Cultivar Yabukita (100%)
Elevation 200–400m above sea level
Steaming Short (asamushi)
Cultivation  EU certified organic, JAS organic since 2016, farming without pesticides since 1976
Laboratory Tests Radioactivity (annual test of region) & pesticides
Awards 2012 Chunichi Award in Agriculture (中日農業賞)
2015 Japan Agricultural Award for Excellence
2021 O-CHA Pioneer Award O-CHA Special Grand Prize Winner
Grade 99/100 P. (shincha category); Contest Grade
€32.90
80g

Delivery : 1–3 business days

Incl. VAT, excl. shipping

SKU
4803-bio
€411.25 / 1kg
In stock
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Tea Farm

Kinezuka Tea Garden

The Kinezuka Tea Garden is renowned for its exceptionally stringent adherence to natural and organic cultivation methods. These include the avoidance even of pesticides which are permitted according to the Japanese JAS organic standards. While we source our teas directly from Mr. Kinezuka's farm, the region boasts other reputable JAS organic teas, in part as a result of the cooperative that Mr. Kinezuka founded in 1976 with other tea farmers from the Fujieda region. This cooperative is committed to the cultivation of the finest organic teas, and there are currently at least 26 farms in Fujieda that have joined. These farmers not only work together to improve their organic cultivation methods, but to further an integrated regional organic system under the name "Human, Agriculture, Nature".

88 Ya No Shincha Kinezuka 2025 Organic

Character

Tasting Notes

This outstanding 88 Ya No Shincha is the undisputed crown jewel of the Kinezuka Tea Garden. Traditionally harvested on the 88th day after the Spring Festival, 88 Ya No Shincha are given not only as special and auspicious gifts for tea lovers, but also cherished more broadly, as this one-night harvest has long been revered as an elixir of longevity and a powerful protector of health. The Kinezuka Tea Garden’s exceptionally strict, self-imposed organic standards are fully expressed in the tea’s intense umami and its abundance of catechins and caffeine. This elegant and vibrantly energising rarity boasts a highly aromatic scent and taste evoking a cool summer breeze, interwoven with powerful vegetal notes reminiscent of fresh meadow herbs such as wild nettle.

Due to the warm weather in the second half of April in Japan, the 2025 harvest took place a few days ahead of the traditional 88th night. This ensured the Kinezuka family could deliver the best possible quality, a fact that was entirely confirmed in our tasting. The tea has retained the exceptional quality of the previous year, making it, in our view, one of the most exquisite and powerful Sencha teas available.

Leaf

Wonderful long and juicy green needles

Cup

Delicately creamy, ethereal green yellow

88 Ya No Shincha Kinezuka 2025 Organic

Shincha 2025

Shincha, which translates from Japanese as "new tea", marks the start of the tea season in Japan and is eagerly awaited every year. For the Japanese tea world, it is considered the highest quality tea of the current season and embodies the perfect freshness of Japanese green teas thanks to its extensive aroma spectrum. Only the tea buds and young leaves, the first shoots of spring, are harvested. Their wealth of valuable nutrients is decisive for the unmistakable freshness and strength that makes shincha so exceptional. Small harvest quantities and high demand make this special first harvest a highly limited, seasonal tea.

Yoshien Labortests

Laboratory Tests

We go to great lengths to identify the finest organic tea farms across the world’s most celebrated terroirs. All our teas are sourced directly from the farmer and, with a few exceptions, are certified organic or come from pesticide-free farms. Each batch of tea for every harvest is tested for pesticides and other pollutants in an independent German lab to ensure they meet our strict quality standards as well as HACCP food safety requirements. Likewise, all the regions of Japan from which we source our teas are tested for radioactivity for every harvest.
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Premium Organic Teas

Our comprehensive portfolio focuses on organic, single-origin teas sourced directly from renowned farms. We believe in creating partnerships with farmers who share our values and are committed to sustainable, responsible tea cultivation. Thanks to these strong relationships our exciting range is constantly growing and evolving. As an international team of dedicated and passionate tea experts, we are committed to preserving centuries-old tea culture while ensuring it remains relevant and continues to bring joy in the present. About Yoshi En.

Cultivation & Processing

The tea farm is located in the idyllic mountains above Fujieda, near the town of Nakayama. The farm is known for its exemplary and exceptionally strict organic standards. In addition to particularly natural and robust teas including sencha, kabusecha, bancha and hojicha, this farm also produces excellent organic rice, fruits and vegetables. The farm is also known for its mikan (Japanese mandarins).

Single Origin

This tea is sourced exclusively from the above-mentioned tea plantation in Fujieda and is purchased directly from the farmer.

Organic Certification

Organic Certification

PL-EKO-01
Nicht-EU-Landwirtschaft

100% pure
wildcrafted

Preparation

Brewing Guide

3 heaped teaspoons per 100–300ml water (60°C). Steep for 2 minutes.

Tip: For an especially powerful infusion which unfolds the full potential of this tea, we recommend adding 1 additional heaped teaspoon to the above recommendation and ensuring the water is poured at the latter end of the range provided.

Suitable for up to 6 infusions:

1.   55°C, 50 sec.

2.   65°C, 20 sec.

3.   60°C, 25 sec.

4.   60°C, 20 sec.

5.   60°C, 10 sec.

6.   60°C, 10 sec.

Packaging

High-quality, airtight, resealable standing zipper pouch with 9 protective layers to preserve flavour and protect against oxidation and contamination. The tea is vacuum packaged according to the highest standards in Japan, with a small quantity of nitrogen added to the package to protect against oxidation.

Recommended Teapot

The special clay and oxidation firing of a red Tokoname kyusu with a fine ceramic strainer brings out the precious bitterness beautifully, making it an ideal teapot for this sencha. Alternatively, a reduction-fired black Tokoname kyusu is a great all-rounder for every green tea.

Recommended Storage

A high-quality tea caddy made of cherry bark (solid wood, kabazaiku chazutsu) is ideal, though any airtight tea caddy with internal coating will suffice.

Test results

We find it very important that our teas are pure and produced in a way that respects the environment. For this reason, each one of our teas is tested for pesticide residues by an independent laboratory, the results of which can be found here. Some of our teas are also tested for specific nutritional compounds, in which case the test results are also published here.

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