Shinki Yamashita’s Gyokuro – 5g x 5 bags

From Master Craftsman Toshikazu Yamashita to Grandson Shinki

The gyokuro produced by Toshikazu Yamashita, a master of Gyokuro, is a famous tea that has won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries award for the first time in 1966. In 1991, Mr. Yamashita demonstrated the skill of hand-picking tea leaves to the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Currently, the tea plantation is taken over by his grandson, Mr. Shinki Yamashita, and the Gyokuro made by Mr. Shinki won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 2019 “Kansai Tea Fair” for the first time. From there, in 2020 and 2021, he won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award in the Gyokuro category at the Kansai Tea Competition for three consecutive years. In 2022, it won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award in the Gyokuro category of the “National Tea Competition”, which was the first award at the National Tea Competition.

Shinki’s Gyokuro won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 76th National Tea Competition

At the 76th National Tea Competition, the Gyokuro, which won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award for first place in the Gyokuro category, was sold at the highest price in the history of the Japanese Tea Auction competition.

This time, the winner of the award, Mr. Shinki Yamashita, will present the world’s best Gyokuro tea, which has been sprouted under the careful management of the tea garden with passion for one year, and the world’s best Gyokuro tea, at the winning bid price. We want you to enjoy it, so we will sell it for a limited time of 10 pieces. Please enjoy the extraordinary “umami” that changes the concept of tea as a drink and the deep and fragrant aroma.