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Yutakamidori

Variety of Tea plant · Camellia sinensis
Early-flushing southern-Japan cultivar prized for mild, deep-green fukamushi sencha.
Edible value7Medicinal value7Other uses1
🇯🇵 Japan 1966

Taste & characteristics

Taste

mildaromaticrefreshing

Profile

Parentage
Asatsuyu-Abstammung (var. sinensis)
Breeder
Nationale Teeforschung Japan (Makurazaki)
Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

Description

Growth

Very early budding, warmth-loving – the leading cultivar in Kagoshima.

Yield

Early first flush (often already April); commonly processed as deep-steamed fukamushi.

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