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Kama-iri, rediscovery, revaluation

A short while ago that I did not hold of my electronic pen to express myself on my blog. The last time was two weeks ago, and I must admit that the ticket is then a conclusion on the new tea 2010 in Japan, was only a fig leaf .... not very interesting, rehash of things already said about this poor year.

Is this a good excuse to say I was busy? No, it's a truth that is superimposed on my laziness! Busy .... rather tense indeed. Following the publication of an interview of me (And I, unfortunately, I liked talking over tea, but I think I have not finished with it) in the Shizuoka Shimbun, 1 June, there I was contacted by radio from Shizuoka who wants to interview me by phone, live! I can not refuse, it also does commercials for the box ..... It took place without incident one week ago. Well, I could not be more tense, and I lost a good amount of water through sweating under the arms during the 10-minute interview. Then it is a proposal for a TV, not local, no, no, TBS, one of 4 very large chain! Again, it is with great pleasure that I accept and am about a new session dehydration. Shooting Thursday at the shop, and now at home. For the party to the particular house, I was really tense, and I fear that the result does not live up to their expectations ... I plan on mounting strength! Broadcast next Wednesday.

That said, I would like to talk a little cha-iri kama . As a reminder, green tea whose oxidation is not stopped by drying, but by direct heating method in China. I already mentioned here, but I have long had an image of tea not Folichon. However, the kama-iri That I presented then, though a sort of UFO not representative, convinced me that he had to look a little better in the way of -iri kama cha . When talking about

-iri kama cha (or Kama-iri sei tamaryoku cha or kama-guri ) , it is believed to result Kyushu, and the Department of Saga with its Tea Ureshino 嬉 野 茶. Yet today we do Saga produces almost no-iri kama but mainly mushi-sei-cha tamaryoku , ie a tamaryoku cha parboiled. The
Tea comes to us today does not interest me to lie, since he just Kyushu, but the Department of Miyazaki, village Morozuk 诸 冢. But mostly, he just would confirm that it is not too vain to rely on kama-iri.

The opening of the bag offers a performance that delighted and see and smell.

Green as pine needles, maliciously twisted, tubular leaves are beautiful, they do not dull the kama-iri base. And above all, they emit a powerful scent, nothing to do with light, delicate scent of sencha that evokes fine flowers and tender grasses peerages. This kama-iri fragrant more masculine, which takes us into deep forests.

first infusion, a big moment, about 80 ° C. Of course, first, it is the perfume, honoring the reputation of -iri kama cha attracts attention. Called fragrance of these teas "kama-ka" 釜 香. I finally put a picture on the dominant tone of this fragrance: the chestnut. The other tone in the background, more subtle, smell reminds me precisely of fir. It is with this tea three infusions, 2nd of 85 ° C, 10 s, the third 90 ° C, 30s sounds like a good combination. In queue infusion, the first tone fades to the profile of the second. Also, it persists in the cup after drinking the liquid gold, the sweet smell appetizing characteristic of many Japanese teas.

Exactly, let's talk about this liqueur. it is perfectly transparent, yellow-green gold. The green is assertive about guarding following infusions, however, a golden tone.

Yes, a good-iri kama is above all a perfume, but the taste? It was something light compared to a sencha. But this tea gives a nice flavor, astringency and sweetness that balanced well (the third is rather astringent infusion). This liqueur is very easy to drink, very refreshing.

leaves open are very nice, extremely fine, soft to the touch. No big thick leaves that make up the kama-iri basic cheap products that are consumed in Kyushu as Hoji-cha in the rest of the country, that is like a big tea consumption almost in place of water.

I'll keep digging into this way of -iri kama cha , my boom time.

Unresponsive Episode With Eyes Open

Shinchi 2010, A late

"A year as catastrophic, is unheard of!". This phrase, which came out of the mouths of more than one producer or seller veterans, can be summed up Japanese tea new 2010 edition.

I've already spoken enough on this blog, blame the cold, frost.

At this writing, the first harvest is not over yet in parts! At the same time, the second is well underway, finite even in Kagoshima, southern growing areas, only department to have been spared by the whim of Mother Nature (if one excluded the eruptions of Sakurajima volcano!). Thus, many retailers and wholesalers who had not yet finished their supply of tea first harvest for the year. Again, this is an unprecedented situation. Why this delay is in addition to crop? Simply because market prices have fetched huge due to the scarcity of products, and even greater scarcity of quality products. We expect that producers revise their ambitions downwards. But these producers can not blame them for driving up prices, since their production is quantitatively small, and yet it is well the sale of their first harvest which constitutes the bulk of their income for year.

I know one retailer who sees it this way: "Why wait? Even if prices fall, this does not alter the poor quality of most of what is being proposed on the markets! ". Thus, few new teas compared to previous years, and selling products last year, much better.

However, in Maruyama-in, I think the boss has finally unraveled quite a bit, with even some teas better than last year. However, what hurts is based products like teas or Makinohara Kakegawa (etc.), ie, the plains of Shizuoka tea. Here, clearly, without being ill, the products are one level below. Lack of smoothness, lack of taste. And these products represent a significant portion of our catalog. Also, of course, the delay is important, frankly, there are still 4 or 5 of our first crops that are not yet available.

To return to an overview on the ichiban-cha 一番 茶 (tea first harvest) 2010, as I said in my previous post, excellent teas have nevertheless emerged. But all is not great, producer revenues for 2010 are scarce, and the margin traders greatly reduced. In short, when Mother Nature does not care shit, everybody is losing, consumer, farmer, merchant. In all this, there is still a winner: the producers of Kagoshima (second after producing region Shizuoka), they, saved by cold damage, have able to fill their pockets with quality products equivalent to previous years, they were able to sell very expensive at the delay and the lack of quantity and quality of Shizuoka.

Again , there is still this year of fabulous teas. After he left a big satisfying the condition of not too much compared with last year. And if history does not repeat itself next year will be fireworks! This year 2010 for the black Japanese tea called us with pain that Nature is stronger than us (oh, how horrible cream pie I end this article!).