Shade Grown & Hand Picked Green Tea Leaves

A unique variety of tea bush found only in Shizuoka, the Gokoh was developed exclusively for the production of Premium Gyokuro Okabe. The result is one of the finest teas in all of Japan. Green tea connoisseurs will not be disappointed in its elegant aroma and noble flavor. Premium Gyokuro Okabe is grown and harvested in Okabe Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, a pristine area surrounded by immense natural beauty. The area is famous throughout Japan for Gyokuro production and its Gyokuro tea ceremony and tasting rooms situated at Gyokuro No Sato.

Type: Gyokuro 

Two Sizes Available:

• 100 grams (3.5 ounces)
• Makes approximately 45 to 50 servings of tea
  
  
• 500 grams (1 pound 2 ounces) 
• Makes approximately 225 to 250 servings of tea

About Gyokuro Tea
Gyokuro is admired as the highest grade of Japanese green tea. Its leaves are grown in the shade for twenty days before being expertly picked by hand. Then they are immediately steamed, dried and carefully rolled into distinctive shapes resembling pine needles. Gyokuro is harvested only once a year in the early spring. The delicate flavor and slightly sweet aftertaste make Gyokuro the choice of green-tea connoisseurs.

Brewing Suggestions:
First Infusion: Add 1 gram of tea per 100 ml of fresh water, or about one tablespoon per potful. Heat the water to 80C (180F) and brew for one minute. 

Second Infusion: Brew with the same temperature water as the first infusion but for only a few seconds. Please note that the caffeine content of Japanese green tea becomes significantly less after the first steeping.

Notes: We brewed the tea as suggested above in our taste tests in order to write the product description. We recommend that you experiment with your own techniques to find your most desired taste profile. For a healthy and invigorating refreshment in hot weather chill the liquid in your refrigerator/freezer to the desired temperature or pour over ice. Our products may be kept in your refrigerator before the package is opened. After opening the package, seal and store it in a cool dry place out of direct sunlight. Please do not place an opened package back into your refrigerator.

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Price Guarantee Policy: We strive to be the best online retailer of Japanese Green Tea products. Our partnership with the best Japanese green tea farms in Japan allow us to acquire their products at reasonable cost, which we transfer to our customers in form of lower prices. We want our customers to get the best price every time.

If you find any other online store which sells the same item for a lower price within 6 months of the date of your purchase, please let us know, and we will be glad to match that price and refund you the difference. This is true for our store as well; if you find that our store is lowering the price on a product you purchased from us less than 6 months ago, we will refund you the difference. We want you to feel confidence that you are getting the best price.

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ShizuokaTea.com was established in 1999. We provide excellent Japanese green tea from the Shizuoka region under the brand name of Fuji Green Tea. Our objective is to consistently bring you, our valued customer, the finest quality and best tasting green tea at competitive prices.

If we fail in our purpose, we hope you tell us the reason why. But if we succeed, then please tell your family and friends about us. Your comments and suggestions are indispensable towards the continued improvement of our customer service.

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If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with any of our "consumer-packaged" products, please provide us with your purchase information, and we will, without question, give you a full and unconditional refund (excluding applicable shipping fees). There is no need to return the product. You may make use of it as you desire. We reserve the right to limit future sales to anyone who takes unfair advantage of this generous privilege. "Plain Wrap" bulk packaged loose leaf teas, "100 Pack Tea Bags Without Box", "100 Pack Green Tea Powder Sticks/Packets" and wholesale orders are not included our Guaranteed Satisfaction Policy.

Hundreds of Years of Superior Quality

Consistently cultivating quality tea leaves is but one part; the other is the fine art and science of creating finished green tea. Bringing out highly desirable flavor from raw tea leaves requires a delicate balance of creativity and skill. There are numerous ways of producing green tea, and the tea master must follow precise steps taken in a timely manner. It is believed tea cultivation and production in Shizuoka began during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). The result of centuries of accumulated blending and processing wisdom and mastery is evident in each new cup of Shizuoka green tea.

ShizuokaTea.com sources the best available Japanese green tea from large, medium and small size processing/packaging companies, and also directly from tea farmers. Our major suppliers collectively have hundreds of years of experience, are highly skilled, operate very clean facilities and are ISO Certified, which is very important in a time when there is concern for food safety. We are in constant contact with the Japanese green tea industry from our year-around staffed buying office in Shizuoka, Japan in an effort to bring our valued customers superior quality products.

Excellent Selection, Very Competitive Prices

Our year-around-staffed buying office located in Shizuoka, Japan, has direct access to the over 38,000 tea farmers, 3000 tea processors and 500 finished tea packagers located in Shizuoka Prefecture and throughout Japan. This allows us to respond quickly to changing market conditions and new products. As a result we are able to offer our customers in one store the most extensive product line of Japanese loose leaf green teas, green tea powders and tea bags that can be found in the world.

The low overhead business model of ShizuokaTea.com permits us to offer our products at very competitive prices. Our purchasing power allows us to buy at reduced prices and pass the savings directly to our valued customers. Comparison shopping will reveal that for comparable products our prices are lower, in some cases substantially lower, than our competitors. We have very rarely raised the prices of our products since January 2004.