Tamayokucha

This incredible Japanese tea is steamed as it dries, yielding a sweet, light flavor with no bitterness. Like all high quality Japanese green teas, this tea is green, not brown.OTamaO means round.O(R) yokuchaO means green tea - so Oround green tea.O This extremely green tea is finished in the shade - it is covered for the last few weeks of growth to preserve the chlorophyll. This gives it a full and complex flavor. It is a OGyokuroO style tea - the most sought-after of all Japanese green teas.