HOMARE [誉]

Homare — honour. The name this tea earns twice: once in the field, once in the bowl.

From shaded gardens in Uji, Kyoto — the birthplace of Japanese tea — HOMARE marries two cultivars in a single first harvest. Saemidori, the elite of modern cultivars, prized for its luminous green, intense natural sweetness and extraordinarily refined texture. Yabukita, the classic, lending structure and depth. Picked once a year, in spring, then stone-milled slowly enough that the leaf never warms.

The result pours a vivid jade and drinks in two movements: a sweet, almost floral aroma first, then a deep umami that settles and stays. No bitterness to brace for. Nothing to mask.

Tasting notes

Sweet aroma · deep, rounded umami · silk-fine texture · luminous green

The details

Premium Ceremonial Grade · First Harvest | 一番茶 · Saemidori & Yabukita · 100% Stone-Ground · Uji, Kyoto, Japan · 30g tin

Best whisked as usucha when you want the sweetness forward, or sipped slowly as the centrepiece of a quiet hour.