Tea by Format - Loose Leaf
Tea by Format - Loose Leaf
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Organic Shiraore 1 LB LIMITED QUANTITY
Stems from shaded tea plants are a rare delicacy. With only 5% of the harvest comprising of stems, these precious stems are often so few that they get blended with stems from unshaded plants or roasted to make hojicha. In...
$25.00
Single Cultivar Sencha Nanmei LIMITED QUANTITY
Nanmei is an early ripening cultivar known for its quality and strong umami, which rivals that of the popular Sae Midori. Its early maturation makes it particularly suitable for cultivation in warm climates. The name “Nanmei” is composed of two...
$40.00
Single Cultivar Sencha Meiryoku LIMITED QUANTITY
We are excited to introduce single-cultivar sencha Meiryoku as our first limited-edition tea from the 2024 harvest. The name Meiryoku comes from the Chinese characters mei (茗), often used for “tea” in China, and ryoku (緑), meaning green. Its name...
$30.00
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
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
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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. HOT...
$35.00
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
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
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
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
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
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
Organic Kukicha 1 LB
Our Organic Kukicha is made from the stems of young tea leaves separated during our Organic Sencha Asamushi's refining process. Kukicha is often known as "stem tea" or called "twig tea". Since kukicha is made up of primarily stems, it...
$24.00
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
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
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." HOT BREW PREPARATION 1...
$15.00
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
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Yuzu Matcha Kukicha 0.5 LB
In this flavor-rich blend, the umami delight of matcha and natural sweetness of kukicha is complemented by the tartness of dried Japanese yuzu peel. Yuzu is a Japanese citrus similar to lemons and oranges and has a unique floral fragrance....
$32.00
Dattan Sobacha 1 LB
Soba, or buckwheat, holds a rich culinary history in Japan, where it has been consumed for centuries, primarily in the form of noodles. Its roots can be traced back to the Edo Period (1603-1876), making it one of Japan's most...
$30.00