Honyama Harumoegi - Asamushi Sencha

Tea Profile Type: Light-Steamed Sencha Cultivar: Harumoegi Region: Shizuoka Farmer: The Saito Family   Tasting Notes Aroma: Filled with pineapple and tropical fruit, passionfruit. Floral notes throughout. Taste: It has a chestnut-like sweetness, and an overall elegant presence. Hints of tropical fruit.   The Story This asamushi sencha is from Honyama in Shizuoka. Honyama has a long history as an important tea growing region in Japan, going back to the very beginning of the Edo period, when it's said that the shogun Tokugawa favored the tea there. Harumoegi is an aromatic cultivar that lends itself to light-steaming. This sencha brews to a glowing, straw-gold color and has an aroma filled with pineapple and tropical fruit. It has a chestnut-like sweetness, and an overall elegant presence. The grower, Saito-san, is local legend. It's estimated that he's the 18th generation tea grower in his family, which dates back to basically the beginning of tea production in Japan. Sittin