Gyokuro Jade Dew - Japanese Ceremony Grade Tea

Immediately following the disaster in Japan we purchased a fairly large quantity of Gyokuro and Sencha Green teas which were produced prior to the disaster and were available in the US or Germany. Our stocks of the Gyokuro produced prior to the disaster are now gone. We made the decision to not purchase GyoKuro tea produced following the disaster. The Japanese government is monitering tea gardens closely because green tea is so important to the Japanese people and as an export crop. While there may not be radiation problems in the specific growing area (Shizuoka Perfecture), in abundance of caution we are waiting until next years harvest to make a decision about this tea. In the meantime, we have secured a similar shaded tea of very good quality from an area over 1000 miles away from the nuclear disaster site. This tea is from Kagoshima on the extreme southern tip of Japan.