Producer

Azuma Tea Farm

- Japan

Plot of land planted with Zairai or "native" tea bushes from seeds, thus with a varied aspect

Plot planted with tea cultivar Okumidori

Shading of Okumidori tea plants for future matcha

Young shoots of Zairai tea plants called "native" because they come from seeds and therefore have a heterogeneous aspect

Young shoots of Okumidori clonal tea plants, therefore of homogeneous aspect

Mr. Takashi Kanai visiting my studio in Paris

The old crates, the kanbitsu, which were used to market the tea in bulk: it is mentioned "Yamashiro - Wazuka - Azuma Tea Garden - Produced with care"

Mr. Takashi Kanai in front of his factory

The tencha leaves, raw tea, which will then be grinded to give matcha

Azuma Tea Farm was founded in 1868, the first year of the Meiji era, the era of renewal. Mr. Takashi Kanai is the 4th generation to develop this historical tea heritage.

Azuma Tea Farm is located in Wazuka, a few kilometers from the city of Uji, the birthplace of matcha.

On 5 ha, Takashi Kanai San and his family produce matcha which is one of his specialties, but also sencha called Zairai from tea plants reproduced by seed and not by cuttings, thus having each its genetic specificity and its taste, as well as hojicha leaf and powder.

I invite you to discover 4 of its teas in my store: Matcha Okumidori, Sencha Zairai "native", Hoji Tencha and Cooking Hojicha Organic.

And if you want to see the harvest at Azuma Tea Farm of Sencha Zairai "native" semi-mechanized very common in Japan: