Japan Green Tea
This sort shows the listings for all the green teas that we carry from the Japanese archipelago. Several prefectures on more than one island are represented, so this is the most effective way to view our entire collection of Japanese green tea.
The flavor profile of Japanese tea is unique to Japan. Sencha is Japan’s most popular green tea, and it is made in every tea producing region of Japan. Unique terroirs and different tea bush cultivars give each Sencha its own distinctive taste. While the differences are many, every Sencha provides delicious refreshment at any time of day.
Matcha, Japan’s esteemed powdered tea, is also made in several tea producing regions and in many grades, for different uses. Superior grades of Matcha are reserved for the preparation of bowls of usucha and koicha to be served in Chanoyu, Japanese tea ceremony, whereas premium grades are used for everyday Matcha drinking and culinary grades or green tea powders are perfect for use in baking and cooking.
Several Japanese teas feature the addition of other materials to the tea leaf, such as thin-cut tea stems (Kukicha Yama) or roasted rice (Genmaicha) or feature tea leaf that has been processed differently, such as roasted leaf green tea (Houjicha). These additions and variations in style offer intriguing flavors as well as textural and visual differences to a roster of teas that is comprised traditionally of just ten main types and a handful of regional specialties. Hojicha and Kukicha are very food-friendly and both are also excellent for chasing away chilly weather on a blustery day .
Gyokuro is Japan’s most treasured leaf tea. It is manufactured from fresh leaf that is plucked in the early spring from tea bushes that have been shaded and covered from sunlight for several weeks under a tana covering. Because of this, Gyokuro is known as a ‘shade-grown’ tea, a tea cultivation technique that increases the natural production of chlorophyll in the fresh leaf and adds complexity and sweetness to the tea liquor.
One of Tea Trekker’s most unusual moments was peeking under the cover of a traditional tana covering (in the pouring rain) to view the shade-covered tea bushes that were budding with new spring growth. Join us under the tana in Mary Lou’s photograph on this page.
Green tea steeping instructions
Shizuoka Organic Tea Farmers Union
NOTE: To order a tea you must select the size button (even when there is only one size offered) to activate the ‘Add to Cart’ button (which will darken).
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2020
Genmaicha Premium
Green Tea
Genmaicha Premium with Toasted Rice
2020 1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha) -
2020
Genmaicha with Matcha
Green Tea
Genmaicha with Matcha
2020 1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha) (May & June) -
2020
Green Kukicha
Green Tea
Green Kukicha
2020 Spring Pluck (Ichibancha) (May-June) -
2020
Gyokuro Jade Dew
Green Tea
Gyokuro Jade Dew
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Gyokuro Saito Hand-Picked
Green Tea / Organic
Gyokuro Saito
Hand-Picked
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
Hojicha
Green Tea / Organic
Hojicha (Roasted Bancha Green Tea)
Summer Pluck -
Kukicha Roasted Twig Tea
Green Tea / Organic
Kukicha Twig Tea – Shizuoka
Medium-Roasting -
Matcha for Everyday
Powdered Green Tea
Matcha for Everyday
1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha)
(May, June) -
2020 Rested 6 Months
Matcha Premium – Kuradashi
Powdered Green Tea
Matcha Premium – Kuradashi
2020 1st Spring Pluck (Ichibancha)
Limited Seasonal Production
Made with tencha that has been meticulously stored by our Japanese matcha maker from spring harvest until its October milling and release -
2020
Matcha Premium – Shincha
Powdered Green Tea
Matcha Premium – Shincha
2020 Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Matcha Premium – Traditional
Powdered Green Tea
Matcha Premium – Traditional
2020 Milling (June) -
Powdered Sencha
Green Tea / Organic
Powdered Sencha
1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020 new arrival
Sencha from 100 Year Old Trees
Green Tea / Organic
Tea Trekker’s Sencha from 100-year-old Trees (Iwasaki)
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Fukamushi Green Velvet
Green Tea
Sencha Fukamushi Green Velvet
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (June) -
2020
Sencha Fukumidori
Green Tea
Sencha Fukumidori
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (June) -
2020
Sencha Iizuka Fukamushi
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Iizuka Fukamushi
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Iizuka Yabukita Sencha-jo
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Iizuka Yabukita Sencha-jo
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Iwasaki ‘High Aroma’
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Iwasaki ‘High Aroma’
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)
– Low Inventory! – -
2020
Sencha Iwasaki Hand-Picked Yabukita
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Iwasaki Yabukita
Hand-Picked
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Iwasaki Yabukita Spirit of the Winds
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Iwasaki Yabukita
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Kagoshima SunShine
Green Tea
Sencha Kagoshima SunShine
2020 1st Spring Pluck pre-Ichibancha (April/May) -
2020
Sencha Saito Fukumidori Song of Spring
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Saito Fukumidori
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (June) -
2020
Sencha Saito Honyama-jo
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Saito Honyama-jo
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Saito Seifu
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Saito Seifu
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)
**Very Special Tea** 2nd Shipment To Us** -
2020
Sencha Saito Yumewakaba
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Saito Yumewakaba
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Sencha Saito’s Passion
Green Tea / Organic
Saito’s Passion
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (June) -
2020
Sencha Spring Dew
Green Tea
Sencha Spring Dew
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June) -
2020
Shincha Moriuchi
Green Tea
Shincha Moriuchi
2020 1st Spring Pluck (Pre-Ichibancha) -
2020
Sencha Saito Saemidori
Green Tea / Organic
Sencha Saito Saemidori
2020 1st Spring Pluck Ichibancha (May, June)