Koicha · TODO · May 2026 reserve
Hikari
The thick-bowl grade. Shaded, fine-ground, slow.
Hikari is koicha — the thick bowl. Shaded tencha, fine-ground, highest umami of the Uji-milled line. Drunk without milk, slowly, in a bowl. The grade we serve when a guest asks for the fullest expression of the leaf.
Umami
Bitter
Finish
RM 248
30g tin · ships across Malaysia
The batch
Traceable to the field.
Origin
Uji, Kyoto · shaded reserve
Cultivar
Samidori · koicha-grade
Harvest
TODO · May 2026 reserve
Mill
Stone-milled in Uji, Japan. Sealed at origin.
Micronage
10–14 microns
Tin size
30g tin
Fresh, crafted. Never rushed.
Spec last reviewed
Where these numbers come from
- Origin · Cultivar · Harvest
- Per supplier batch sheet from the Uji-region co-op (on file at HULU BLAVK).
- Mill · Micronage
- Uji-milled grades: per the supplier's stone-mill QC log. Ritual 003 line: measured at the HULU BLAVK in-bar mill on the day of grind.
- Brew temperatures and dosage (75°C / 70°C usucha + koicha specs)
- HULU BLAVK in-bar serving recipe, calibrated against the ceremonial-grade preparation conventions the bar pulls from.
- Tasting-note dots (umami / bitter / finish)
- HULU BLAVK in-house cupping panel scored on the supplied batch — re-evaluated each new shipment.
- Price · Tin size
- HULU BLAVK retail card current as of GRADES_LAST_REVIEWED.
How this grade is drunk
Pour it like this.
- · Hot koicha (4g · 40ml · 70°C)
- · Slow sip · no milk
The other three
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Classical thin-whisk. Umami forward, quiet bitterness, long finish.
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Daily
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The entry tencha. Bright, vegetal, everyday.
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Milk-forward
Muyu
Rounded body. Holds its edge under oat and whole milk.
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Fresh-mill signature
Ritual 003
Stone-milled in-bar. The observable ritual in a tin.
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Fresh-mill · competition grade
Ritual 003 Champion
Champion-tier tencha, stone-milled in-bar for the reserve bowl.
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