{"product_id":"kyobancha-nakai-organic-farm","title":"Kyobancha - Nakai Organic Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKYOBANCHA NAKAI is a roasted green tea from Wazuka (Uji), Kyoto prefecture, Japan. Made with mature leaf material from zairai (\"native species\") tea trees, this production is seared in ovens, removing most of the caffeine. Very sweet with subtle smoked character. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNotes: Campire, Burnt Sugar, Smoked \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #636569;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKYOBANCHA NAKAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a kyobancha (\"everyday tea of Kyoto\") from Wazuka (lower Uji), Kyoto prefecture, Japan. Technically a houjicha, kyobancha is a green tea of mature and\/or late-flush material that undergoes a roasting process. For this lot of winter '24 material, leaves left to grow further down the branch through the year were machine-harvested, steamed for nearly 2 hours at 100ºC, and air-dried indoors before being roasted at 200ºC in a tumble-oven. Kyobancha, like most Japanese teas, is usually ara cha (\"crude tea\"; the Chinese term is mao cha) before an order is placed by a domestic customer or importer (us!). The producer will then pull, blend, sort, roast, or conduct any number of other post-processes to finish a tea. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike most houjicha, kyobancha is not rolled during processing, leaving the whole leaves mostly flat through drying. Although the roasting process is identical to \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hugotea.com\/products\/kabuse-houjicha\" title=\"Kabuse Houjicha | HUGO TEA\"\u003eKABUSE HOUJICHA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, this lack of rolling effectively sears the leaves in the tumble oven, imparting a slight smokiness not found in other forms of houjicha (and quite distinct from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hugotea.com\/collections\/black-tea\/products\/zi-ran-smoke-black\" title=\"Zi Ran Smoke | HUGO TEA\"\u003etruly smoked tea\u003c\/a\u003e). Additionally, roasting eliminates most of the caffeine content of kyobancha , making it highly suitable for the caffeine-sensitive. C\u003cspan\u003ehildren and the elderly drink kyobancha like water in Uji.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oddly Specific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57210510246271,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/5375\/5519\/files\/Screenshot_2026-03-18_at_12.10.52.png?v=1773832262","url":"https:\/\/oddlyspecific.store\/products\/kyobancha-nakai-organic-farm","provider":"Oddly Specific","version":"1.0","type":"link"}