FINE CUT ORGANIC SENCHA FUJI GREEN TEA

Delicious green tea character with depth, body and some pungency. Cup tends bright forest green. This tea is a top quality Green Tea with good ‘green tea’ taste properties – slightly vegetative and fruity, but refreshing and clean; typical of Japanese manufacturing techniques.

Luxury Ingredients: Green tea* *Organic Certified Organic by Pro-Cert Organic Systems (Organic Equivalency with COR, NOP, EU, JAS)

Blended and Packed in: Canada

Tea(s) From: Japan

Region(s): Kagoshima Prefecture

Antioxidant Level: Very High

Caffeine Content: Low

Shelf Life: 2 years after opening.

Size: 100g

BREWING INSTRUCTIONS: Bring filtered or freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 2 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose tea for each 7-9oz / 200-260ml of fluid volume in the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for 5-10 minutes according to taste.

Tea History: Tea was introduced to Japan from China in the 7th and 8th century. Records indicate that Japan’s Emperor Kammu gave visiting monks an imperial gift of powdered green tea. Emperor Kammu created a government post called ‘Supervisor of Tea and Tea Gardens’ as Japan had begun to cultivate its own tea. That this post was in the medical bureau of the government indicates that even then, there was tremendous respect for the health aspects of tea. From 800 to the 1200AD Japan relied heavily on China for it’s tea supply. Because tea arrived in limited quantities from China tea became a luxury used for medicinal and spiritual purposes. A Zen Buddhist, Eisai Myoan returned from China (from what is now known as Jiangxi) with tea seeds and planted them at his temple. He soon realized that the quality was superior to any tea currently grown in Japan. These seeds formed the basis of Japan’s tea industry in the centuries to come. Further evidence of the known correlation between health and tea was found in a small book that Eisai wrote, entitled (translated), Tea Drinking is Good for Health. In this book he wrote that tea drinking confers many benefits including curing lack of appetite, diseases caused by poor quality drinking water, and beriberi (a vitamin B deficiency). Around this time another tea enthusiast in Japan developed the “Ten Virtues of Tea”. Amongst the virtues listed are:
Drives away the Devil Banishes drowsiness Wards off disease Strengthens friendship
Keeps the viscera in harmony Disciplines body and mind Destroys the passions Gives a peaceful death.