Okumidori Cultivar: The Deep-Green Tea Behind Matcha and Tencha Blends
Okumidori is a Japanese tea cultivar registered in 1974 (Yabukita × Shizuoka Zairai No. 16), picked about a week after Yabukita. Known for deep green color and low bitterness, it's grown mainly in Kagoshima and Kyoto and used across sencha, kabusecha, gyokuro and tencha, often as a matcha blending component.
