Ryougouchi "Sakura Glow" Sencha - 2023 Shincha

Tea Profile Type: Sencha Cultivar: Shizu-7132 Region: Shizuoka Farmer: Iwasaki Shinobu   Tasting Notes Aroma: Cherry blossoms, green forest leaves, sakura. Taste: Sakura mochi, cherry blossom, gentle floral notes. Nice round mouthfeel.   The Story Cherry trees and fresh leaves. With sakura mochi-like sweetness, and a long, floral finish, this tea captures springtime in Japan. The leaves are tightly spun and shiny, and even the liquor is colored like spring leaves. Shizu 7132 is an unregistered tea cultivar, first cultivated in the 1960s. It's unique in that the young tea leaves start out bright red before greening - but it's most unique characteristic is it's aroma, which has strong notes of cherry blossoms. The tea garden is in Ryougouchi, straddling the sky, surrounded by mountains on all four sides. After hours winding along mountain roads, veering along cliffs with barely enough space for our tiny rent-a-car, we finally arrived at Iwasaki-san's home. Deep in the mountai