A special blend with a mellow, rich flavor and a refreshing, savory taste.Utilizing the long-standing expertise of our tea masters, we have blended sencha with genmaicha and matcha in exquisite balance.Enjoy a refreshing coolness that is perfect for everyday tea, with a mellow sweetness within its fragrant, clean taste.
Contents: Genmaicha (with Matcha) Kyoto Style, 100g bag x 1
How to Brew Deliciously:Place 8g of tea leaves in a teapot. Pour in about 150cc of hot water and wait for approximately 45 seconds before pouring into cups.
About Ujitawara Town where the company is located
We are very proud that we produce green tea in Ujitawara town, as it is believed to be the birthplace of green tea. Kyoto has the oldest tea garden in Japan, and that place is considered to be where Japanese people first started growing tea. Ujitawara town is located in the southern part of Kyoto and produces a significant amount of green tea. It is situated deep in the mountains and is endowed with nature suitable for tea production. Let's delve into the history of why the town is considered the birthplace of green tea.
In the 18th century, around the time of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, a tea farmer named Soen Nagatani produced bright-colored green tea for the first time in Japan. While bright-colored Japanese green tea is common today, people back then used to drink a dusky-red coarse tea made only by roasting the tea leaves. Soen considered the possibility of tea "as bright as fresh tea leaves." He re-examined the conventional method of producing green tea and, after 15 years of experiments, finally established a "green-tea-producing method." He developed a method to create flavorful, bright-green tea by gently kneading the tea leaves by hand and extracting water from them with heat. Soen then instructed the local people on his method, and Ujitawara town became the origin of Japanese green tea.
Ujitawara town is one of Japan's leading tea-producing areas. Our tea-producing factory was established in 1926 in a scenic location where thick fog from the Uji River protects the tea leaves from frost and direct sunlight. We maintain thorough quality control by purchasing only selected tea leaves, having our tea master Noriaki Yasui check the flavor, and applying our special blending process. We not only produce green tea at our factory but also sell our Japanese green tea via mail order.
We are delighted that many people have been choosing and drinking our green tea for over 90 years. We believe we are blessed by environmental factors, but that is not all. We also feel fortunate to have inherited the mastery of green tea from tea farmers and tea masters of the past. One such mastery we inherited is the "Ooishita Saibai," or "Covering Cultivation," method, first invented around the 16th century. This cultivation method involves covering the tea garden with a reed blanket just before the cultivation period.
By blocking sunlight, we can produce brighter and much tastier green tea. As a group of tea specialists, we deliver high-quality green tea that we continue to improve with our revolutionary, time-honored methods.