茶・いほり — Restaurant in Yufu

This tea house was an unexpected find on our way to the ryokan. There are no menus or English instructions, but the lady working there was able to guide us through this amazing experience (we also used Google translate for the instruction sheet). There is only one item on the menu which is the tea experience with Japanese sweets. The tea is enjoyed five times starting with a very concentrated first sip that is only a teaspoon or so of liquid. This first drink is nothing like I’ve had before given the savouriness. The second and third drink with slightly hotter water was still a flavour profile that I didn’t recognize as green tea. It wasn’t until the four drink with 90c water that a more familiar flavour profile emerged. The fifth and final wasn’t actually a drink, but you add soy sauce to the used tea leaves and eat the leaves with the chopsticks. This was unique experience for me in high quality green tea and it did not disappoint. The cost per...

Words can't quite describe the family atmosphere I got from the owner lady. I had a great time chatting with her and another regular customer who lives nearby. The tea was exceptional, and the Susuri tea way of drinking lets you enjoy it five ways. This shop was never part of my plan, but if I ever come back to Yufuin, I'm definitely stopping by again. Don't be stingy over 1500 yen. It's worth it. (Note: I'm not sure if the owner...

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啜飲茶的飲用方式 本店採用特別的製法與沖泡溫度，讓您可以慢慢品味獨特的玉露風味，請細細享受。

第一泡 在帶蓋的茶碗中，已經倒入40度的熱水。當沙漏中的沙子流完後，即可飲用。

飲用方式： 保持茶碗的蓋子不動，只需輕輕傾斜茶碗即可飲用。 由於茶湯量少，請不要一口氣吞下，而是讓茶湯在舌面上展開並慢慢品味。 入口後，茶的甘甜味會在口腔內擴散，並在吞嚥後從鼻腔緩緩升起。

第一泡的70%風味會在這時釋放出來，因此這一口最為重要。 請注意，如果放置太久，茶葉的澀味會出現，因此請盡早飲用。

第二泡 等待熱水稍微冷卻後，第二泡與第三泡會使用60度的熱水。 將茶水倒入茶碗，然後蓋上蓋子，翻轉沙漏等待。 可搭配茶點一同享用，當沙子落完後，即可飲用。

第三泡 方式與第一泡相同，請輕輕傾斜茶碗飲用。

第四泡 這次使用90度的熱水，會將茶湯倒入壺中。 等到沙漏流完1/3左右即可飲用。 若喜歡濃茶可等久一點，不喜歡太濃的人請盡早飲用。

最後 會提供一小塊醋凍，可以倒入茶湯內飲用。 茶湯中加入醋的風味可能會有不同的體驗，請試試是否符合您的口味。

價格：2,000日圓

關於玉露 品質越好的玉露，茶湯顏色越透明，不會有濁色（如水色）。 香氣帶有深沉的甜味，並且會連帶傳遞出良質的苦澀感。

何謂啜飲茶（すすり茶）？ 「啜飲茶」源自於中國14世紀（明朝後期），並於日本室町時代流行起來，是一種以茶碗泡茶的方式。據說，這種泡茶方式傳入日本後，就發展成了「啜飲茶」。

當時，這種泡茶方式深受茶道愛好者的喜愛，他們會仔細品味這種茶的風味。

即使經過漫長的時代變遷，這仍然是一種值得懷念的飲茶方式。 希望您能細細品味，讓這一杯茶溫暖您的心靈與身體。

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