gyokuro yamashiro (organic)

type: green

origin: japan

ingredients: green tea

caffeine: medium

price level: $$$$

Precious jade For the true connoisseur. Unlike regular green tea, Gyokuro Yamashiro (literally "Jade Dew") is shaded for 6-7 weeks prior to plucking, so it's dark, extra-energizing and extremely rare outside of Japan. Experts rhapsodize over its extraordinary tea oil and chlorophyll notes. And its lengthy time out of the sun gives it an intensely rich flavour – think dark, leafy greens mingled with buttery sweetness. Truly exquisite. (MK Kosher)