2026 Kuma's Yame Sencha Okuyutaka Tea Storage First flush harvest

First flush harvest

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silky umami

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2026 Kuma's Yame Sencha Okuyutaka Tea Storage First flush harvestA single cultivar fukamushi style sencha with notes of red fruit, florals, and the clean taste of fresh lightly cooked vegetables with a silky umami richness. This tea is grown by third generation tea maker Masahiro Kuma and his wife Kazumi Nakatani (herself a fourth generation tea farmer). Their fields in Joyo machi (Yame) benefit from cool nights and a steady breeze which allows them to farm without agrochemicals or commercial pesticides. The