release 001

tsuyuhikari

(tsoo-yoo-hee-kah-ree) · bred at the shizuoka tea research station, registered 2003.

shizuoka, japan · direct from the farm

a smalls matcha drink on a wooden tray with yellow tulips beside it, at a pop-upbatch 07
fig. 01the pour, in the wild

our first release.

i tried six cultivars. this was the one i kept coming back to.

shizuoka is mostly sencha country. tsuyuhikari is the weird one — a matcha cultivar in a sencha prefecture, parents shizu-7132 (sakura-aromatic) × asatsuyu (umami), registered 2003. very specific, very floral.

i work directly with the farm. small shipments, frequent, on purpose — so what i whisk at pop-ups is close to the harvest.

next batch is in transit. you'll hear first.

the spec sheet

cultivar
tsuyuhikari
parents
shizu-7132 × asatsuyu
registered
2003
region
shizuoka, japan
harvest
early may
grade
ceremonial
current batch
07
base
no sugar
a ceremonial blue bowl with a bamboo chasen whisk and fresh herbs on a pop-up table
fig. 02bowl, chasen, table

tastes like

deep green, almost emerald. sweet up front, herbal in the middle (kind of like sakura-mochi if you’ve had it), clean finish. drinks straight or as a latte.

come taste it

i'm at pop-ups around dallas most weekends. see the next dates.

pop-up dates, batch changes, first word on tins.