Hoshino HAKUSEI Sencha (50g)

White-leaf Sencha from Hoshino village, Yame, Fukuoka, Japan

Hakusei is a natural white-leaf mutation from Yame, and the name means "white star". Our award-winning Gyokuro farmer selected these plants and propagated them himself, and it took him over ten years to bring them from the first selection to a harvestable field. Only a handful of producers in Japan work with white-leaf tea at all, because the pale leaf carries very little chlorophyll and the plants grow slowly. The low chlorophyll is also the reason for the taste: the leaf holds the high amino-acid content of a shaded tea, which is why this leaf type is locally called a natural Gyokuro. Because the field holds only a small number of bushes, the quantity is very limited.

Origin: Hoshino village, Yame, Fukuoka, Japan

Cultivar: Hakusei / 白星 (the farm's own white-leaf selection)

Steaming: short steamed / Asamushi (approx. 20 seconds)

Harvest: May 2026

Taste: [TASTING NOTES]