Although China was the first country to perfect the manufacture of green tea, by the end of the 10th century both Japan and Korea had begun to learn the secrets of tea cultivation and production. China’s neighbors used this knowledge to develop their own styles of leafy green tea, which now thankfully provide today’s green tea lovers with a spectacular selection of distinctive teas.

Green tea is beginning to appear in the marketplace from other tea producing countries as well. But, to us here at Tea Trekker, the most classic and unique green teas still come from China, Japan and Korea, where ancient traditions, distinctive cultures and centuries of learning and expertise have coalesced to master the leaf styles and local varieties of green tea found nowhere else on earth.