Saemidori Cultivar

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Saemidori means "clear green", and the name is honest: vivid colour, natural sweetness, very low astringency. Crossed in 1969 at the Makurazaki research station in Kagoshima (Yabukita as mother, the sweet Asatsuyu as father) and registered in 1990 as Tea Norin No. 40, it has become the cultivar of choice for hand-picked premium lots.

This shelf shows one cultivar across two crafts: hand-picked Saemidori matcha from Nishio and from Yame, and Hon Gyokuro from Hoshino village made from the same plant. Matcha and gyokuro are processed differently from the same shaded leaf, and tasting them side by side is the cleanest way to understand what the cultivar itself contributes.

The full profile (breeding history, taste architecture, and why Saemidori and Samidori are two different plants) is in our Saemidori guide. The family tree lives in the cultivar guide. All single-cultivar teas: here.

Matcha only: the Saemidori matcha collection gathers the hand-picked lots from Nishio and Yame.

Marcel Karcher, Founder, Munich

For over 15 years I have been collecting ceramics and drinking tea very seriously. Now I am funnelling all of that experience into finding and curating great wares and tea.

We only sell what I personally like a lot, and that includes the tea I drink myself every day. I choose every maker. I taste every tea before it goes into the shop. I travel to Japan and China to meet the people who make what we sell.

Until now the entire endeavour is in my hands from end to end: sourcing, logistics, photography, education, labelling and packing your parcels.

Saemidori Cultivar

Marcel Karcher, Founder, Munich

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