umami – deep – creamy

Grown in Gifu Japan, this sencha carries rich umami, enhanced by mists and natural forest shade.

This Sencha comes from Nengancha’s highest rows of tea bushes. They grow right by the roots of a 100-year old Japanesecedar tree (“suginomoto”) and the dense mountain forest.

We feel very honoured to be able to offer this tea to you, produced by Czech/Japanese couple Ale and Sachi Gallas. The pair grow and process tea at their tea garden, ‘Nengangcha’, in Gifu Prefecture at an altitude of 450-500 metres in a village which has been producing tea for over 400 years.

Nengancha translates to dreamed-of, desired or wished-for tea, fitting to the reinvigorating work Ale and Sachi are doing in this area where tea production has tended to close down, not open like in this case, in recent times.

The symbol of the garden is the Japanese giant salamander, one of the largest amphibians in the world, which can be seen in the river that flows through the village and gives it it’s name –Higashishirakaw or Eastern White River.

Ale and Sachi do not use any chemicals in the production of their tea, which relies solely on the area’s favourable tea growing conditions for its excellent qualities: heavy mists, high rainfall and large temperature differences between day and night. Their plantation is surrounded by forest on all sides, and faces almost exactly to the south.

“I hope that our tea will appeal to you and will transport you for a while to the land of deep mountains and green forests, to the Eastern White River…” – Ale Gallas, Nengancha

origin: Gifu, Japan
producer: Nengancha
harvest&processing: spring, asamushi
cultivar: yabukita, zairai
ingredients: green tea leaves
preparation:
1tsp (2-3g) per cup | 70c | 1-2min
Use more leaves for stronger tea. You can brew our teas many times.