【New Tea Pre-Order】【Delivery from Mid-June】
・Pre-order period: until June 15 (Mon)
・Shipping will begin sequentially from mid-June.
・Scheduled delivery date: Once the shipping start date has been decided, it will be announced on our website.
（Please note that we are unable to provide individual notifications to customers.）
・As this is a pre-order item, it cannot be purchased together with regular products.
The history of tea production in Kyoto dates back over 800 years. While most modern tea cultivars are developed through deliberate selective breeding, this zairai tea comes from fields of native, indigenous tea plants. The cultivation of Zairai tea requires considerable time, care, and a healthy natural environment. Grown without the use of pesticides or fertilizers, this tea allows you to experience the pure, wild flavor and natural sweetness of Kyoto’s original tea plants. Zairai is one of the most popular teas in our tearoom. We consider it to be the very foundation - the starting point - of green tea.
Category: Sencha musehi (cultivated without pesticides and fertilizers)
Cultivar: Native species of Kyoto Prefecture
Origin: Kyoto Prefecture
Harvest: May 2026
Net Weight: 30g
SKU:TS0526Mwh
* Package image for illustration purposes only.
Brewing Guidelines
This is how we brew this tea at Tearoom Toka. We offer these guidelines as a reference. Variations in water (hard or soft), leaf and water quantity, water temperature, and steeping time will effect the final flavor. Feel free to experiment and find the brew that best suits your taste.
Leaves: 8g
Water: 60ml
Temperature: starting from 40°C
Time: 85 sec
Add the tea leaves to a pre-warmed teapot. When the boiled water has cooled to the desired temperature, add and steep for the selected time. When pouring, the key is to decant each infusion down to the last drop. From the second infusion on, gradually raise the temperature of the hot water and shorten the extraction time. You may increase the amount of water as well.
Profile
Leaves
Color〈olive green〉
Shape〈differently sized sword tips〉
Fragrance〈spring forest, steamed grains, sudachi citrus, a sense of calmness, maitake mushroom, enoki mushroom〉
Taste〈dried shiitake mushroom, spinach, burnt〉
Tea Color〈yellowish russet〉
Fragrance(brewed tea)〈quiet, floral, dried raisins〉
Fragrance(steeped leaves)〈hibiscus, tropical flower, charcoal, wet soil, a hint of iron〉
Sweetness〈fresh, jasmine, nashi, white grape peel, azalea〉
Astringency〈sage, bittern, hassaku citrus〉
Umami〈fried tofu, konbu dashi, fava bean, edamame〉
Bitterness〈lemon peel 〉
Acidity〈a faint scent of green apples 〉
Pairing
Hour〈06:14 a.m.〉
Sweets〈honeydew melon〉