Uji Gyokuro, Gokou Cultivar
Silky and soft with a sweet, velvety body. Aromas of dried and candied fruit, soft fruitiness, and a dense but delicate umami.
Gokou is the quintessential Uji cultivar for high-end gyokuro, known for its distinctive fruity aromatics and exceptionally smooth character. The leaves are shaded under tana canopy for 20 to 30 days before harvest, then hand-picked to select only the most tender shoots.
Growing this labor-intensive shaded tea takes years of dedication, and the traditional preparation honors that effort: more leaf, cooler water, less volume, steeped slowly and sipped in small quantities. That said, this tea also steeps beautifully with more standard sencha-like parameters.
- Cultivar: Gokou
- Region: Uji, Kyoto, Japan
- Character: Velvety, sweet, soft fruitiness, delicate umami
Produced from the first harvest of 2025.
$ 25.00