Tea cultivar

Hoshun

鳳春

Hoshun (鳳春, 'Phoenix Spring') is a Kyoto Prefecture tea cultivar registered in 2006, developed from natural hybrid seedlings of the Samidori cultivar by the Kyoto Prefectural Tea Research Institute. An early-sprouting variety named after the UNESCO World Heritage Byodoin Phoenix Hall in Uji, Hoshun is prized for its beautiful new leaves and characteristic Uji sweetness, ideal for premium matcha.

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