{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_HepuQqyd","product_name":"2026 Shincha Tsuyumidori","category":"Tea & Infusions","description":"We are thrilled to release our pick for this year's shincha!\n\n  新茶\n\nEach year, those in the know eagerly await shincha season, and we’ve picked this lot especially for our customers.\nWe can't wait to share this beautiful tea with you! Enjoy the special fresh-from-the-field taste. We expect this tea to move fast, so don't wait!  \n \nWhat is Shincha? \nShincha is the first flush, or brand new growth of young tea leaves after winter. Seeing all plants awaken after the cold months is often felt as a renewed celebration of life and its abundance – and seeing new tea sprouts emerge is no exception to bringing about celebratory feelings! People in Japan highly anticipate the tea's fresh and invigorating flavor. \nMay 2nd is commonly recognized as the first day of harvest. Of course, this date differs for each particular tea-producing region and the climate of the year. The Southern region has a warmer climate and therefore producers there may already start harvesting in late April, whereas the colder regions and tea manufacturers located higher up in the mountains may not start until perhaps mid-May. But traditionally, May 2nd is termed 'hachiju-hachiya,' or the 88th evening after the advent of spring, and points to the most ideal timing to harvest tea (especially tea intended for matcha) in the Uji, Kyoto area.\nDuring winter the tea bushes go into hibernation. During hibernation, the bush doesn't seem active on the surface, but it is indeed very active beneath the soil. The tea plant’s roots work hard to gather nourishment to make natural sugars and starch. The plant does this to prevent the roots from freezing during the coldest of winter. Consequently, when the winter is long and especially cold, the bush has to work harder to gather more nutrients in its roots. \nFor this reason, regions with harsh, cold winters are preferred for tea manufacturing. The reserves of nutrients accumulated over winter imbue the tea with its nourishing and delicious appeal. When the tea bush aw","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0332/2957/files/DSC_1911.png?v=1780081356","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0332/2957/files/DSC_1928.png?v=1780087757","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0332/2957/files/DSC_1914.png?v=1780081355"],"price":17,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":19998,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-18T20:44:25.645Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_HepuQqyd","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer <your Firestarter API key>","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_HepuQqyd' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy 2026 Shincha Tsuyumidori' and a budget_max comfortably above $17.00 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}