Somage Product Catalogue 2018_USA

GREEN TEA
GREEN TEA
GENMAICHA
PREMIUM SELECTION
Item Code: TEPS-GGM-LL100
Ingredients: Green tea, puffed brown rice
Origin: Japan
Region: Kagoshima
Tea Estate: Yaeyama Tea Garden
Tea Maker: Yaeyama
Format: Loose leaf
Organic: Organic farming practices (not certified)
Elevation: 150m
Grade/Cut: 1st Flush
Infusion: 1
Genmaicha was originally created by Zen monks hundreds of
years ago, who innovatively mixed green tea with the browned
rice stuck to the bottom of their cauldrons. It became a traditional
Japanese workers’ drink, where sencha or bancha was blended
with roasted rice, making their tea consumption more economical.
Our Genmaicha is a carefully crafted blend, made with premium
quality Sencha Green Tea sourced from the mountains of
Makizono, blended as per tradition with roasted brown rice. The
silky green leaves combine with matcha powder to formulate a
rich, wholesome and toasty aroma and savory taste.
Tasting Notes: This is one of the most special teas you will ever
taste! Made with toasted brown rice which gives it the aromas of dried
corn, popcorn, roasted almond, sesame, beautiful leafy green note and an
earthy touch. The palate has a brilliant consistency and balance. If you’ve
tasted dry sake before then this tea basically taste like a non-alcoholic sake.
Umami, pure green freshness, perfect weight on the palate, low tannins and
that clean toasted rice character. Just beautiful!
Food Matchings: This tea deserves to be served next to a dish that is as
complex and pure. I’d match it with sashimi, nigiri or a very delicate sushi
roll. Perhaps even some seafood dumplings in a broth!
YUZU KUKICHA
PREMIUM SELECTION
Item Code: TEPS-GYK-LL100
Ingredients: Green tea, yuzu
Origin: Japan
Region: Kagoshima
Tea Estate: Yoshinaga Tea Garden
Tea Maker: Yoshinaga
Format: Loose leaf
Organic: Organic farming practices (not certified)
Elevation: 200m
Grade/Cut: A
Infusion: 2
On the fog-shrouded slopes of Kirishima Mountain, Japan’s
southernmost tea cultivation region, the Nishi family organically
grow our Yuzu Kukicha. The vibrant green stems of Kukicha
are blended with the Japanese citrus fruit Yuzu, yielding a
revitalizing and sweet tea with a punch of citric lime fruitiness.
Tasting Notes: There are so many layers of citrus characters in this
tea, not just yuzu. Mandarin, lime zest, lemon meringue, freshly cut green
grass and a kick of wasabi. The aromatics are so vibrant and exhilarating!
The palate is super dry and earthy, medium bodied as well as medium
tannins. Umami, lime zest, lemon flesh and bitter yuzu as your flavour
profile as well.
Food Matchings: The intense citrus zest that you get from this tea will
be really lovely with some spicy fish cakes or with beautiful grilled prawns to
balance the sweetness of the prawn flesh.
Dietary: Contains caffeine
Available in: Foodservice
Recommended Teaware: Tokoname clay tea pot or Lin
Family porcelain.
Dietary: Contains caffeine
Available in: Foodservice
Recommended Teaware: Tokoname clay tea pot or Lin
Family porcelain.
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