{"product_id":"imperial-yame-gyokuro-craft-brew-tea-from-fukuoka","title":"Imperial Yame Gyokuro Craft Brew Tea from Fukuoka","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"cg-pdp\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cg-lead\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYame gyokuro has been cultivated for over 600 years. Japan's finest restaurants pour it as a closing ritual. This bottle brings that ritual to your table.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHighlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYame gyokuro — Japan's most revered tea origin, where shade-grown leaves develop a deep, broth-like umami that no other tea region produces. The same source sought by Tokyo's finest kaiseki restaurants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden gift box, 720ml — the presentation of a fine wine, the substance of Japan's most storied tea tradition. A gift that needs no explanation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrewed at 3–5× standard leaf concentration at CRAFT BREW TEA Studio — every variable controlled, every bottle a consistent expression of Yame at its peak.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing like it on American shelves — a shelf-stable, single-origin premium bottled tea, sent directly from CRAFT BREW TEA Studio in Shizuoka.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cg-acc\"\u003e\n\u003cdetails open\u003e\u003csummary\u003eDetails\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon Product Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e CRAFT BREW TEA IMPERIAL EDITION YAME \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/matcha-sencha-gyokuro-hojicha\"\u003eSee our guide to Japanese tea\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolume:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720ml\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTea type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gyokuro (shade-grown)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePackaging:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wooden gift box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green tea (Yame gyokuro)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStorage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Room temperature, away from direct sunlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Before:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 year from production date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e CRAFT BREW TEA Studio (丸七製茶), Fujieda, Shizuoka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eProducer's Story\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe question had been sitting with Marushichi Seicha's craftsmen for more than twenty years: \u003cem\u003ewhat happens to the extraordinary tea leaves — too rare, too specific, too singular — that large-scale production simply cannot use?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe answer became CRAFT BREW TEA Studio, launched in 2021 in Fujieda, Shizuoka. A tea house with over 100 years of history, reinvented as a precision brewing workshop. The concept: brew tea the way musicians record music. Not improvised. Not approximate. Water quality, temperature, concentration, extraction time — all controlled to the decimal, so that what arrives at your table is exactly what the craftsman intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Studio works exclusively with what it calls Single Origin: one cultivar, one farm, one harvest day. Not a season — a single day. The result is a tea as specific and unrepeatable as a vintage year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarushichi Seicha also farms its own gardens using the Nakajima Method (中嶋農法) — an approach that restores soil mineral balance rather than relying on chemical inputs, allowing the tea plant to express its full natural character from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe IMPERIAL EDITION draws on Yame, Fukuoka — a mountain region that has been producing shade-grown gyokuro for over 600 years, and the source most sought by Japanese culinary establishments that treat tea with the same seriousness as wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep amber-green, almost golden in a wine glass. The aroma is immediate: seaweed, rain-wet earth, a thread of white peach. On the palate: thick with umami — the quality that Japanese tea masters call \u003cem\u003ekoku\u003c\/em\u003e, the sensation of depth without heaviness. Long, clean finish with no bitterness. This is the tea that makes people stop mid-sip and reconsider what tea is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003ePairing Ideas\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe lightly chilled alongside aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, seared foie gras, or a bowl of white rice — any ingredient where umami is the point. As a meal closer, pour at room temperature in a wide glass after grilled seafood or wagyu. For a Sober Curious table: this is the bottle that replaces Champagne at a special dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.4em; font-size:.85rem; color:rgba(0,17,40,.65);\"\u003eRead the full story in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/from-mountain-mist-to-the-tea-bowl\"\u003eFrom Mountain Mist to the Tea Bowl\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cg-foot\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShips from Japan · Order more, pay less per item\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marushichi Seicha Co., Ltd. (丸七製茶株式会社)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48764247048427,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2520\/0107\/files\/imperial-yame-gyokur.png?v=1782514789","url":"https:\/\/cookgood.jp\/products\/imperial-yame-gyokuro-craft-brew-tea-from-fukuoka","provider":"CookGood.JP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}