Gyokuro Green Tea (Japan)

DUE TO HIGH DEMAND, THIS TEA IS TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FRESH, SPRING HARVEST TO ARRIVE PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR AVAILABILITY AND SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER TO STAY UPDATED A young monk once asked the wise tea master Lao Cha:  — Sensei, how can we make green tea not only fresh and healthy but also delicately sweet? — In the early Spring, when the tea bushes start to wake up from their long winter sleep and the first tea leaves begin to appear, make sure to shade them from the sun. Then the roots will start extracting more valuable nutrients from the soil to feed the leaves. The tea made from these very leaves will be gentle and sweet. This tea will be worthy of the Gods. You will call it Gyokuro.   Gyokuro is rightfully regarded as the highest grade of Japanese tea. It is made only with the first flush leaves — the tea's unique processing results in a sweet, mild flavor and fresh, flowery-green aroma. Gyokuro tea bushes are shaded from direct sunlight for 20 days