Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf Shincha. Discover the vibrant and energetic quality of these freshly harvested tea leaves.
Shincha 2024 & Kyusu Set
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Ippodo’s Shincha is a sencha green tea that is released as soon as possible after harvest in late spring. Each year we relish its energetic, vibrant character.
Each spring, as the weather starts to warm, the tea fields in the mountains south of Kyoto begin to awaken. The tea plants that huddled up, storing their energy and nutrients over the cold, long winter, begin to put out tiny green buds. Over the next month, these buds begin to grow, reaching up and up for the wide blue sky. When the time is right, tea farmers get busy harvesting the spry new leaves.
At Ippodo, we blend selected fresh new sencha harvests to produce our Shincha tea each year.
Shincha 2024 is well-balanced, flavorful, and vivid. Its fragrance is the most vibrant in recent memory- sunny, fresh, green, and vegetal. In the cup, its plentiful umami is balanced by a tinge of crisp astringency. In the undertones, it has a mineral-like, slate-like quality that adds a nice structure to the experience. Finally, beautiful vibrant green leaves and a bright golden brew color make this year’s Shincha a visual treat as well.
For first-timers, this year is a classic introduction to Shincha, full of energy and green freshness. Longtime sencha fans will enjoy its verdant fragrance, balanced taste, and complexity over many brews.
Our original Hakuji Kyusu is made one-by-one by an artisan in Nagasaki Prefecture. It’s designed to be a great first kyusu teapot, that is also versatile for every type of tea.
Shincha is fresh, soft, and delicate, and it opens more quickly than our regular sencha. A few seconds can result in a difference in taste, and we find that Shincha benefits from the precision of a kyusu like this one.
This bundle set includes both items shipped together as in a regular order.
Ways to Prepare
Cold brew with just ice and clean water to bring out sencha's full lushness, natural sweetness, and umami.