Matcha Velvet 7 "Saemidori"

八女抹茶 "さえみどり"

Origin
Yame, Fukuoka

Matcha “Velvet 7” is a new, exclusive line of single origin, single cultivar shincha (new harvest) matcha from Yame, Fukuoka. This series is a rare opportunity to taste matcha from the famous Yame region in its most pristine state: freshly harvested, direct from the grower, and unblended. 

We launch this series with perhaps the gentlest and the most outstanding of the 7 cultivars: Saemidori has such a soft, refined and refreshing quality, it shifts our understanding of what matcha from Yame can be like. It has an incredibly creamy mouthfeel, with notes of soybean, tea leaf, and bamboo. 

Smell:  sweet, soybean, sprouted greens, lily 
Colour: asparagus green
Taste: creamy, tea leaf, fresh bean, bamboo, clean finish 

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Yame is known around the world for producing some of the highest quality matcha, and its teas are appreciated for their unique, rich and very satisfying mouthfeel. This series allows us to dive deeper into the incredible degree of variation there is within tea from this small, but mighty, region. 

We will be receiving a few kilograms of 7 single cultivar matcha directly from the producer, as they are harvested. In the spirit of true shincha, we will release them in batches as they arrive.