Tea by Format - Loose Leaf
Single-Cultivar Sencha Sun Rouge 0.5 LB LIMITED EDITION
Named after the striking image of reddish leaves and buds reaching skyward toward the sun, this unique cultivar offers a truly special experience. Upon laying your eyes on the dry leaf, you immediately notice a unique black hue. This darker...
$25.00
Organic Tencha 0.5 LB LIMITED EDITION
HOT BREW PREPARATION
1 Tbsp (5g)
10 oz water
175°F
1-2 minutes
$37.50
Single-Cultivar Organic Sencha Haru Midori 1.0 LB LIMITED EDITION
Haru Midori, meaning “spring green”, was named after the vibrant green color of its leaves during the first harvest. Born from a cross between our two previous cultivar releases, Yabukita and Kanaya Midori, this cultivar is incredibly well-suited for sencha...
$40.00
Competition Grade Single Cultivar Sencha Yabukita 0.5 LB LIMITED EDITION
Yabukita is the quintessential tea cultivar in Japanese green tea production. Making up about 75% of all cultivated fields nationwide and 90% in Shizuoka, this cultivar is loved by tea drinkers for its flavor perfectly balancing umami, sweetness, bitterness, and...
$25.00
Single-Cultivar Sencha Kanaya Midori 1.0 LB LIMITED EDITION
Kanaya Midori, a cultivar renowned for its sweet aroma, draws its name from Kanaya, the area where this cultivar was developed at one of the most prominent tea research stations in Japan, as well as the hometown of Sugimoto Tea...
$40.00
Single-Cultivar Organic Sencha Fuji Midori 1 LB LIMITED EDITION
Fuji Midori is a sibling of Shizu-7132, our previously featured single cultivar, with the developmental name of Shizu-7224 before being named in 1962. It was chosen as one of the first 7000 series plants to be named and commercially propagated...
$37.50
Sugimoto Reserve Shizuku Gyokuro
"Shizuku" means "dewdrop" and was chosen to represent this remarkable gyokuro's essence flowing into water. Grown and hand-picked in Yame, Fukuoka, this tea is a special classification of gyokuro known as a Dento Hon Gyokuro, or traditional true style gyokuro. Among several...
$17.50
Sugimoto Reserve Homare Sencha
Homare Sencha is one of the Sugimoto family's most premium teas, made entirely from the best of the best spring harvest Yabukita leaves grown in southwestern Shizuoka. "Homare" means "Pride" and is our highest grade sencha. This unique fukamushi style...
$10.75
Sugimoto Reserve Shizuku Gyokuro 0.5 LB
"Shizuku" means "dewdrop" and was chosen to represent this remarkable gyokuro's essence flowing into water. Grown and hand-picked in Yame, Fukuoka, this tea is a special classification of gyokuro known as a Dento Hon Gyokuro, or traditional true style gyokuro. Among several...
$65.00
Sugimoto Reserve Homare Sencha 0.5 LB
"Homare" means "Pride" and is one of the Sugimoto family’s most premium teas, made entirely from the best of the best spring harvest Yabukita leaves grown in southwestern Shizuoka. This unique fukamushi style sencha is reminiscent of green beans and...
$27.00
Sencha Fukamushi 1 LB
Young spring and early summer leaves come together to make Japan's most traditional loose leaf tea; sencha. Our Sencha is steamed in the Fukamushi, or "deep-steamed" style characteristic of southern Shizuoka, and then finished with a high roasting; the specialty...
$25.00
Sencha Chumushi 1 LB
Our Sencha Chumushi is a medium-steamed Sencha produced from spring and early summer leaves. The medium-steaming process doesn't break apart the leaves as much as the deep-steamed style of our signature Sencha Fukamushi does, so you'll notice that the leaves...
$29.00
Organic Sencha Asamushi 1 LB
Enjoy a light and refreshing sencha with our Organic Sencha Asamushi. Made from certified organic spring and early summer leaves, Organic Sencha Asamushi is a lightly-steamed sencha that produces a clear, light-green cup of delicious and refreshing tea.
$35.00
Sakura Sencha 0.5 LB
The blooming of cherry blossoms called "sakura" across Japan marks the end of winter and the coming of warm weather and merriment. Our Sakura Sencha is a delightful blend of sencha and real Japanese sakura blossoms and leaves, which gives...
$32.00
Gyokuro 0.5 LB
Gyokuro is a shaded green tea and considered one of the finest green teas in Japan. Infusion produces a light green color and a deep, complex flavor. Gyokuro has a unique sweetness since shade allows the tea to retain a...
$27.00
Organic Kabusecha 0.5 LB
Organic Kabusecha is a shaded green tea, giving it a rich umami and a delicate sweetness. The leaves are shaded roughly a week before harvest, making this tea a good balance between the flavor and appearance of sencha and gyokuro....
$35.00
Konacha 1.0 LB
Konacha is composed of small fragments of sencha leaves. The taste is similar to sencha but much thicker and more full-bodied. Traditionally, Konacha is known as the "tea of sushi restaurants," and is called "Agari."
$15.00
Bancha 1 LB
Bancha is made from leaves harvested in the late summer, which are large and thick. It offers a light and refreshing taste with a hint of a bite. Compared to earlier harvested teas such as sencha fukamushi, bancha has a...
$12.00
Matcha Genmaicha 1 LB
Roasted rice, sencha green tea leaves, and matcha come together in this blend to create a brilliant green cup of nutty, toasty genmaicha goodness. Spring and early summer leaves provide a hint of grassiness, while the matcha supplies a smooth,...
$19.00
Genmaicha 1 LB
Enjoy our classic genmaicha to experience one of Japan's favorite teas. Crafted from a mix of spring and early summer green tea leaves and roasted rice, this tea has the perfect combination of rich sencha flavor and strong nutty aroma....
$16.00
Organic Genmaicha 1 LB
A light and nutty Organic Genmaicha, one of Japan's favorite varieties of tea. This is more of a traditional take on genmaicha using lightly steamed organic green tea leaves from multiple harvest seasons to create a clear broth with a...
$26.00
Hojicha 0.5 LB
Hojicha is roasted green tea. Many companies use late summer bancha green tea to make hojicha, but our hojicha is made using a higher grade of kukicha from earlier harvests. We use a high-temperature roasting process to turn this tea...
$11.00
Organic Hojicha 0.5 LB
Hojicha is roasted green tea. Our Organic Hojicha is more of a traditional style hojicha, made from a blend of mostly stems harvested throughout the year. Using a high roast, our Organic Hojicha has a rich, body-warming roasted aroma and...
$13.00
Kukicha 1.0 LB
Kukicha is made from the stems of young tea leaves separated during the sencha refining process and is also called "twig tea". Since kukicha is made up of primarily stems, it has a higher concentration of L-theanine and lower amount...
$21.00