[Grown without pesticide]
Cinnamon apple, floral
Oxidation: ★★★ / Intensity: ★★☆
Astringency (tannins): ★★☆

At Ureshino, without using chemical pesticides or fertilizers, Mr. Ôta produces tamaryokucha, but also kama-iri cha and black teas.
Fuji-kaori is a green tea cultivar born of a cross between Yabukita and Inzatsu-131, and the latter is itself a cross between a Japanese tea and an Assam cultivar, Manipuri-15. Thus, Fuji-kaori is a rare variety that stands out for its characteristic floral fragrance. Mr. Ôta uses the first harvest to make a kama-iri cha green tea, and the second to make black tea.
This second flush tea is very successful, and truly brings out the typical aromas of Fuji-kaori. First, the infusion allows sweet, mellow fragrances to appear, a little spicy with touches of vanilla. As the tea begins to cool, the floral aromas appear more clearly, but it is especially in the mouth, in the throat in retro-olfaction, that this cultivar’s nearly jasmine floral scents come out.
In the mouth, there is volume, sweetness, but no heaviness, with a little touch of astringency.
The marriage of black tea fragrances with those specific to the Fuji-kaori cultivar are marvelous, providing us with a very good black tea that is typically Japanese yet completely unique.

Type of tea : Black tea
Origin : Jankuji, Ureshino Town, Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture
Cultivar : Fuji-kaori
Harvest : June 13th, 2023