The workaday green tea staple. The grassiness is subdued and allows a simple sweetness to come forth and soften the seaweed spirits. Easy and unassuming.

Produced summer 2023 in Shizuoka Prefecture. It’s a deep-steamed tea made from the Yabukita cultivar. Bancha is made of leaf material obtained when pruning the plants between standard first and second flush harvests. Its coarse leaves produce a simpler, lighter cup.

Ingredients: green tea

Steeping Instructions

4 grams | 10-12 oz water | 175°F | Steep 3 min. 

Kyusu Teapot Instructions

1st Steep - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175°F | Steep 40 seconds

2nd Steep - 10 grams | 8 oz water | 175°F | Steep 10 seconds

Number of Cups

4 oz makes 38 cups, 1 lb makes 151 cups