暁 AKATSUKI

Morning Stillness

Cultivar: Okuyutaka

A crystalline clarity as pure as mountain air at first light.

The Beauty of Patience

Okuyutaka is a late-harvest cultivar — while others rush toward early spring picking, this variety takes its time, quietly absorbing nutrients from the earth across the cooler months.

Born from Yutakamidori, one of Kagoshima's finest cultivars, Okuyutaka was bred for the misty highlands of southern Japan. It thrives where the air is cool, the pace is slow, and nothing is forced.

The Japanese have a word for this quality: okuyukashii — a quiet depth that reveals itself only to those who are willing to wait.

In the Cup

The liquor is a luminous, pale amber — almost translucent.

The first note is sweetness: not sugar, but the soft, amino-acid sweetness that only suppressed catechins and patient growth can produce. There is virtually no bitterness. No astringency. The finish is so clean it feels like silence.

Brewed at a lower temperature, the sweetness deepens further — a quiet revelation that rewards restraint.

Why This One

Among over a hundred regional varieties we tested, most demanded attention. Okuyutaka did the opposite.

It stepped back. It asked nothing of the drinker. And in that absence of noise, we recognized the quality that defines withTea's entire philosophy: what remains when everything unnecessary has been removed.

We chose it as our first expression — No. 01 — because it is the purest embodiment of our standard.

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For the one who finds elegance in simplicity.

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