Mare - Uji Matcha

This velvety koicha has notes of chashews and cream and is blended from top-grade hand-picked and machine-picked tencha. 

This blended tencha is then rounded out by gentle drying and heating over binchotan charcoal, a traditional practice now almost extinct in Japan.

The name Mare (希) means "Rarity".

Producer: Arita Sansuien 
Region:  Uji, Kyoto (Jōyō, Hachiman, Kumiyama, Ide, Wazuka)
Cultivar: Blend: Samidori (hand and machine-picked), Asahi (hand-picked), Uji-Hikari (hand-picked), Okumidori (machine)
Harvested:  April-May, 2025
Picking: Hand and Machine Picked
Shaded: 25-58 Days