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March 28, 2019
A Full Course of Gyokuro Tea at INTERSECT | INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO
INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO
Savoring Gyokuro: A Full Course Experience
The limited-time menu "Gyokuro Full Course" at "INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO" offers guests the chance to drink, eat, and savor gyokuro tea. Additionally, matcha chocolates are available until Valentine's Day.
Text by WASEDA Kosaku (OPENERS)
Limited-Time Valentine's Chocolates Also Available
INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO is currently featuring its limited-time menu, "Gyokuro Full Course."
January marks the traditional tea ceremony "Hatsugama," celebrating the New Year. To welcome guests, INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO has prepared a "Gyokuro Full Course" featuring gyokuro selected by Shinya Yamaguchi and Hirofumi Watanabe, two of Japan's thirteen "Tea Masters (Tea Evaluation Technique 10th Dan)."
This menu allows you to fully appreciate the allure of gyokuro, not only by drinking it but also by eating it as a sweet.
The experience begins with enjoying gyokuro as tea, with guests selecting their preferred gyokuro and water. You can choose from several types of water with varying mineral content found in Japan. The combination of water and tea reveals different facets of the gyokuro's character.
Next, gyokuro is served over white rice, accompanied by INTERSECT's original matcha salt. This dish allows you to savor the tea's inherent aroma and flavor.
The final course is a sweet: warabi mochi, a jelly-like confection, is wrapped around a練り (neri) paste, served with a condensed milk sauce. Dusted with gyokuro powder, it becomes a gyokuro warabi mochi.
Additionally, until Valentine's Day on February 14th (Thursday), they are selling "Hokuto Shichi Sei," a matcha chocolate. This "Hokuto Shichi Sei" matcha chocolate from Yamecha, Hoshino Seichaen, harmoniously blends stone-ground Yame matcha with premium Belgian white chocolate.
Furthermore, Ginza Kazuya has developed an Uji matcha chocolate exclusively for INTERSECT, marking the first time in their history. This will also be available only until the 14th (Thursday).
The "Gyokuro Full Course" offers a complete immersion into the world of gyokuro. We invite you to experience the captivating charm of these sweets, a blend of Japanese and Western influences.
Shinya Yamaguchi
Managing Director, Hoshino Seichaen Co., Ltd. Tea Evaluation Technique 10th Dan
A resident of Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture, renowned for its high-quality tea production, he is one of only thirteen "Tea Masters (Tea Evaluation Technique) 10th Dan" in Japan. He has won the National Tea Evaluation Technique Competition three times over two consecutive years.
A Tea Master is a professional who identifies the quality of tea leaves and produces tea holistically. With the aim of "pursuing the essence and passing down authenticity," he dedicates himself to tea production daily.
Hirofumi Watanabe
Staff Member, Department of Economic Environment, Agricultural Policy Division, Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture. Consecutive winner of the Kyoto Prefecture Green Tea Evaluation Technique Competition.
National 4th Dan in Tea Evaluation Technique, Kyoto Prefecture 1st Dan (※He is the only administrative official in Japan to hold this rank).
An agricultural tea industry official in Kyotanabe City, a prime production area for the highest grade of Uji gyokuro. With a motto of "on-site, in-the-field" engagement, he is involved in acquiring skills for both hand-processed and machine-processed tea, as well as tea evaluation. His work spans a wide range, from supporting farmers' production and manufacturing to product planning and sales with tea merchants. To "communicate tea in an easily understandable way to customers (laypeople)" and to "spread the flagship taste of Uji tea," he operates with the motto of "tradition and innovation" within the traditional tea industry, cherishing "gyokuro" and its "production areas."
INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO Gyokuro Full Course
Price | ¥1,200
Hoshino Matcha Chocolate "Hokuto Shichi Sei"
Price | ¥756
INTERSECT Original Uji Matcha Nama Chocolate
Price | ¥2,500