Matcha Seishin no shiro

Rich and tasty matcha tea for everyday use. If you are trying ceremony matcha for the first time, we recommend this one. We could say that this is the "top of the entry category". Prepared at a lower temperature (70 Cels.), the sweet flavors can be especially drawn out of it.

In a 30 gr airtight metal box, stored refrigerated in our tea shop.

Horii Shichimeien is a traditional tea-making company with a long history in Uji, near Kyoto. We were able to meet them in person in 2019. It is one of the few places in the area that has its own tea garden in the hinterland of Uji. The family's tea garden was classified as one of the seven famous gardens by Shogun Ashikaga back in the Muromachi period (under the name Uji Shichimeien). In addition, they invented the so-called 'tencha ro', the tencha drying oven which or similar is still used by all matcha processors today.
Today, the family calls it "Okunoyama" garden and it is located on a small hill near the famous Byōdōin Temple. It was a surprise for us that we found this tea garden just at the end of the street from our modest little accommodation, without even suspecting that this was the garden at first. 🙂
For the past 600 years, the family has continued to grow and process teas. They carry out the entire process of tea production, from picking to processing, drying and grinding, all by themselves. The granite mills rustle softly in the dark in their incredible matcha-grinding place.
The family's tea shop is located right in front of the Agata Shinto shrine, hiding almost unnoticed in this small street.

You can read more about Matcha tea here.

Store airtight and in the refrigerator.

Before making it, it is good if the tea powder warms up to room temperature, so take it out of the fridge half an hour before consumption. The freshest flavors emerge from the tea within 1 month after opening the box.

Use water with a low mineral content for preparation, mineral content below 100 mg/l. Commercially available water that is good for making matcha: Norda, Volvic, Nestlé Vera or BWT's magnesium filter insert.

This is the Shichimeien family's tea with a balance of sweet and sour flavors.

Try the other teas of the family too! Agata no Shiro, 

How do you make it?

Usucha (薄茶), i.e. preparation of thin tea:

Amount of tea powder: 2 gr (≈ 2 kk) 2 chashaku(matcha spoon) quantity
Amount of water - temperature: 60 - 90 ml, 80 - 90°C
Mix and froth matcha brush (chasen) with the help of

Balázs made a video on how to make Matcha tea at home step by step.

A few photos of the Shichimeien family on our Facebook page.