Japan Green Tea

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Shade grown tea & matcha grinder

This sort shows the listings for all the green teas that we carry from the Japanese archipelago. Several prefectures on more than one island are represented, so this is the most effective way to view our entire collection of Japanese green tea.

The flavor profile of Japanese tea is unique to Japan. Sencha is Japan’s most popular green tea, and it is made in every tea producing region of Japan. Unique terroirs and different tea bush cultivars give each Sencha its own distinctive taste. While the differences are many, every Sencha provides delicious refreshment at any time of day.

Matcha, Japan’s esteemed powdered tea, is also made in several tea producing regions and in many grades, for different uses. Superior grades of Matcha are reserved for the preparation of bowls of usucha and koicha to be served in Chanoyu, Japanese tea ceremony, whereas premium grades are used for everyday Matcha drinking and culinary grades or green tea powders are perfect for use in baking and cooking.

Several Japanese teas feature the addition of other materials to the tea leaf, such as thin-cut tea stems (Kukicha Yama) or roasted rice (Genmaicha) or feature tea leaf that has been processed differently, such as roasted leaf green tea (Houjicha). These additions and variations in style offer intriguing flavors as well as textural and visual differences to a roster of teas that is comprised traditionally of just ten main types and a handful of regional specialties. Hojicha and Kukicha are very food-friendly and both are also excellent for chasing away chilly weather on a blustery day .

Gyokuro is Japan’s most treasured leaf tea. It is manufactured from fresh leaf that is plucked in the early spring from tea bushes that have been shaded and covered from sunlight for several weeks under a tana covering. Because of this, Gyokuro is known as a ‘shade-grown’ tea, a tea cultivation technique that increases the natural production of chlorophyll in the fresh leaf and adds complexity and sweetness to the tea liquor.

One of Tea Trekker’s most unusual moments was peeking under the cover of a traditional tana covering (in the pouring rain) to view the shade-covered tea bushes that were budding with new spring growth. Join us under the tana in Mary Lou's photograph on this page.

Our Selection of Green Tea:

China Green Tea japan Green Tea japan fukuoka green tea japan shizuoka green tea japan matcha japan uji green tea nepal green tea all green tea

helpful links:

Steeping green tea How to whick a bowl of matcha Kagoshima Tea Shizuoka Organic Tea Farmers Union
Green Tea
1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha)
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1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha) (May & June)
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Spring Pluck (Ichibancha) (May-June)
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1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)
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1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)
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Hand-Picked
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Summer Pluck
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1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)
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Powdered Green Tea
1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha)
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Powdered Green Tea
1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha)
Powdered Green Tea
Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)