Fushun

A Japanese aroma cultivar of the same generation as Koshun and Sofu, and used the same way: in small plantings by growers making a single-cultivar sencha that announces itself. The commercial logic behind this whole group is worth stating plainly, because it is unusual — these are plants bred to make a tea harder to blend, which is the opposite of what a national breeding programme normally optimises for.

ふうしゅんCamellia sinensis var. sinensisJapan

Where it sits in the botany

Fushun is recorded under Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, the variety group one level above cultivar. It is associated with Japan, which is where it was selected or is most widely planted rather than the only place it grows.

Also transliterated as: fushun, fūshun.

Where it came from

One of the aroma-directed Japanese selections propagated from the late twentieth century onward.

How firm this is: Inferred rather than taken from a primary breeding or registration record. TeaHQ did not verify the breeding station, release year or parentage against a primary source.

What the plant is like

Aromatic rather than high-yielding, and planted in small blocks. Producers who grow it generally sell it under its own name, since its point is lost in a blend.

What it is usually made into

The categories this cultivar is typically processed into. It is a statement about common practice, not a limit — processing decides the category, and a cultivar can be taken down more than one route.

Green tea — Tea whose oxidation is halted early by heat, keeping the leaf green and the cup fresh, vegetal or marine in character.

Teas in the catalogue made from Fushun

Sencha

Other cultivars in Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

Sources

TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ

This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No breeding register or institutional record stands behind the account above, which is why the origin note carries its confidence in the open rather than reading as a citation.

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