Which matcha names Samidori as its cultivar?

TOBI-EN Hatsumukashi: TOBI-EN's own page lists Samidori. Many makers do not state the cultivar, and a product name alone does not show it.

Is Samidori good for koicha?

TOBI-EN recommends its Samidori Hatsumukashi for koicha or usucha. That is one maker's recommendation for one tea, not a finding about the cultivar.

Tea cultivar

Samidori

さみどり

Samidori is a tea plant variety selected from Uji native tea and bred in 1954 by Koyama Masajiro, according to Kyoto Prefecture's tea research station. Kyoto lists it as one of the main tencha varieties grown in the prefecture and describes it as excellent for tencha, with bright colour and good flavour. We have no sourced taste data for the cultivar as a whole.

21blends using this cultivar

Brands Using Samidori

6 producers in the catalogue work with this cultivar.

Ippodo Kyo Hayashiya Marumataen Shohokuen TOBI-EN Tsujiki

Blends Using Samidori

21 blends in the catalogue feature this cultivar.

Ippodo

Samidori

Brands Using Samidori

Blends Using Samidori

Ummon-no-Mukashi

Shirakawa Samidori

Gokasho Organic Samidori

Kohata

Authentic Samidori

Original Blend Hakusui

Reserve Blend Okegawa

Iwai no Mukashi

Matsu no Mukashi

Megumi no Mukashi

Tokusen Shiragiku

Hatsumukashi

Aoi no Mukashi

Asahi Organic

Midori Yama

Iwai no Shiro

Matsu no Yowai

Syoshin

Matsu no Yowai

Syoshin

Zuiko

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