2013 SHINCHA

"Shin" means new, and "Cha" means tea. Shincha, often called the first flush tea, is made from the tea picked during the first harvest in the spring. The first harvest of the year, usually from April to May, produces the highest quality tea in Japan. During the winter the tea plant goes dormant and slowly pulls nutrients from the soil. The first leaves of the season are rich with these nutrients, including amino acids and catechins. These enhance the flavor and aroma of this first-harvest tea. Shin-Cha has a bright, luminescent green color, strong aroma and pronounced sweetness.

Japanese Green Tea Shincha 2011 Eventually, most of Den's Tea teas will be made from the 2013 first flush tea. Our regular teas will be available with this year’s Shincha in early summer. Also every year, Den’s Tea offers special Shinchas for your enjoyment and imports them by air shipment somewhat like the Beaujolais Nouveau wines of France.

Our special Shinchas are made from tea leaves that are very shiny and thin and I think it is the most beautiful tea in the world. It has a young flavor almost as if you were picking the tea and steeping it right in the field. To maintain its field freshness, we process it as little as possible; consequently it is somewhat delicate and will be available for a very limited time.

May 2013 Shincha Report
Since we posted the April report, we were advised that the weather turned cold again and some tea gardens were damaged by frost. We had expected a stable market with a huge harvest due to the early growth caused by warm weather and plentiful rain in March and April. However it seems that the tea growth has slowed to a normal pace like last year. Fortunately, the tea farms that we contract with did not have any damage and a good supply of fresh Shincha has been brought to our factory as scheduled. We know that the 2013 tea quality is good because the cycle of weather, warm, cold and rain encourage an energetic tea growth.

April 2013 Shincha Report
The weather in Japan has been interesting this year. The early to middle part of March was warmer than usual and new buds and leaves grew quickly. The growth slowed down due to a cold spell in late March then speeded up again due to the rain that followed the cold weather. In fact, the Shizuoka Tea Market will open on April 15th which is a week earlier than normal. An early growth is good because it usually brings an abundant and stable availability of tea. This allows us to choose the best tea from the many growers thus providing you the very best tea!

More Shincha reports on our Facebook page.

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