#0070.F2 🍵 2026 Kurihara Tea #06: Imperial Sencha Yame Tsuhime 八女津媛 Hasami-yaki quercus salicina

quercus salicina

this cultivar was selected out of seedlings from a native tea plant in Uji

Origin: Made in Tsubame City

Established: 1961 by Seichi Maeda

#0070.F2 🍵 2026 Kurihara Tea #06: Imperial Sencha Yame Tsuhime 八女津媛 Hasami-yaki quercus salicinaNamed after the goddess of the Yame region, Yame Tsuhime, this sencha is Kurihara Tea's most premium sencha a green tea worthy of the goddess. Picked on the morning of the 88th night after the start of spring in the lunar calendar, Hachijyuhachiya (days were counted starting in the evening in ancient times hence the use of night), has been known as a fortuitous time to pick tea leaves. During the shincha new tea season it is also sold in a special