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A Japanese black tea grown on volcanic soil
& restocking of our long sold out matcha
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Master Shimizu — a tea professional with a principle
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When I first tasted old Master Shimizu’s Yume Wakaba black tea I told him that I was very interested. It was the most taste-worthy “wakocha” — Japanese black tea — I have tried through the three years I have been looking for a proper candidate to include in my collection. He said he would not sell me the tea. Not just yet. He insisted that the tea needed to be rested at least till winter before it had its full profile. Hearing that from a Japanese tea professional was a great relief. There are serious practioners here who are also serious enough to not follow the market craze for the fresher the better myth.
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Maybe that’s a tradition of his family: the family name Shimizu 清水 — Clear Water — resonates an East Asian dissident virtue of staying uncontaminated in a murky world. I suspect that is a name his forefather made during the Edo period when they first farm tea in the area. Will find that out later.
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Yume Wakaba Japanese black tea
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A limited size production rolled with a wooden roller for lengthening the oxidation duration vs the speed, this exceptional “wakocha” — Japanese black tea — of purely the leaves of the local cultivar Yume Wakaba — ゆめわかば (kanji: 夢若葉). These leaves grown on the dark volcanic soil of the Sayama area carry with them a distinctive mineral character like no other we have tasted. It is also the attention and skills by the 17th generation award winning tea master Shimizu sensei that has made this tea stands out so well to convince us to have it as the first Japanese black tea in our collection.
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Restocking of Organic Matcha Unshin
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Our long sold out and much demanded Organic Matcha Unshin is now restocked. Enjoy.
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New products and new harvests
As you maybe aware of, harvest 2026 has begun and we have been very, very busy this year with more newly connected producers and a much wider varieties of offerings. Many products that we have been maturing are also ready to be released. Stay tuned in. It will be an exciting year.
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