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Gyokuro (****anese: 玉露, "jade dew") is a type of
shaded green tea from ****an. It
differs from the
standard sencha (a
classic unshaded green tea) in being...
- from Uji, Kyoto. The
three main
types of Uji tea are Matcha,
Sencha and
Gyokuro. ****anese tea is
originated from the Tang
dynasty of China,
which is during...
- was
discovered as a
constituent of
green tea in 1949 and
isolated from
gyokuro leaves in 1950, thus
rendering it a
natural product. It
constitutes about...
- lesser-known
varieties such as bancha, or more
elaborate varieties like
gyokuro.
Certain terroirs have a long-standing re****tion for
producing quality...
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material comes from
production of
sencha or matcha. When
coming from
gyokuro's production, it
takes the name
karigane (雁ヶ音 / かりがね) or
shiraore (白折 /...
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prepared by infusion,
sencha is
distinguished from such
specific types as
gyokuro in that it is
shaded for a
shorter time or not at all, or
bancha which...
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makes up
about 3% of ****an's
green tea
production and
about 45% of ****an's
gyokuro production on an
annual basis. It is
highly prized and one of the first...
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allowed only to Uji tea masters, and the
production of high-grade
matcha and
gyokuro (high-grade sencha) was
monopolized by the Uji tea masters. The oldest...
- but
usually multiple times (2–3 typically). Higher-quality teas like
gyokuro use more tea
leaves and are
steeped multiple times for
short durations...
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company began as a tea shop in Nihonbashi, and
pioneered the
production of
gyokuro green tea in 1835.
Yamamotoyama expanded to the U.S. in 1975. "About Us"...
