{"product_id":"todou-no-mukashi","title":"Todou no Mukashi Horii Shichimeien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapan · Uji, Kyoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorii Shichimeien was founded in Uji in 1879. The house keeps Okunoyama, the last surviving garden of Uji's seven historic tea gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTodou no Mukashi is a first-harvest, shear-picked blend from Wazuka, Ninokuni, Ujitawara, Joyo and Uji. It combines Samidori, Yabukita and Saemidori, then is stone-ground by Horii in Uji. The Japanese name uses an old spelling of Uji.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy it costs what it does\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorii works only with first-harvest leaf. The gardens are shaded for 25 to 35 days before picking: the plant gives up a crop's worth of growth, and that is where the sweetness and the deep green come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrinding is the slow part. The house runs sixty granite mills at 52 to 54 revolutions a minute, and each mill yields about forty grams an hour — this 20 g bag is half an hour of a single stone. Spin them faster and the friction heat takes the aroma, so they are not spun faster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe suffix 昔 in a Uji name belongs to a house's koicha line — the thick preparation, where nothing can hide behind milk or sugar. Horii has never made a culinary grade: there is no lesser tea blended into this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the bowl:\u003c\/strong\u003e buttery, ripe mango and deep umami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsucha:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 g · 60 ml · 75–80 °C. \u003cstrong\u003eKoicha:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 g · 30 ml · 75–80 °C. Water only — milk covers the qualities this tea is made to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you need:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/matcha-bowl-1\"\u003ematcha bowl “Riku”\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/matcha-whisk-stand-naoshi\"\u003ewhisk stand “Naoshi”\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WAGMI","offers":[{"title":"20g","offer_id":57513480520060,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":57513480552828,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g","offer_id":57513480585596,"sku":null,"price":315.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"500g","offer_id":57513480618364,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/9103\/7997\/files\/matcha_c.webp?v=1702654078","url":"https:\/\/wagmicoffee.com\/products\/todou-no-mukashi","provider":"WAGMI COFFEE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}