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MIYAZAKI ZAIRAI WAKOUCHA

BLACK TEA
BLACK (RED) TEA
★ ORGANIC

Miyazaki Sabou, Gokase, Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan

Beautiful whole-leaf black tea from Japan's organic tea pioneer Miyazaki Sabou. It is an exceptional tea made from a wild variety of tea plant and professionally processed with love and passion. MORE

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CULTIVAR: Zairai
HARVEST: 2024

MIYAZAKI ZAIRAI BLACK TEA

ORIGIN
Japan started to produce Wakoucha in the early 1900s. It was a rare product made specifically for export. Due to the fast developments in the tea industry in China, India, and Sri Lanka, it was difficult for Japan to compete in the international market. Its black tea production slowly faded. During the last 50 years, the production of Japanese black tea has been relatively rare and limited by various factors. Nevertheless, Japanese black tea exists and is famous among connoisseurs for its unique and incomparable taste. Made from particular local cultivars, Benifuki is renowned for its delicate, mild TASTE and its pleasant aroma.

Miyazaki Sabou is an example of modern tea farming, where love for nature and a contemporary view of the future of the Japanese tea industry are harmoniously combined. This tea production is focused on producing a unique line of tea, very different from anything you can find in Japan. Many tea gardens are divided into different cultivars grown for certain types of tea on the production territory. They produce 'Kamairicha' green tea, unique oolongs, and red/black teas here. They have been cultivating tea for nearly a century, since 1930. Miyazaki Sabou has done organic farming since the 1980s, when it stopped using pesticides and chemical fertilizers. In 2001, it received JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) certification; all its teas are considered 100% Organic.
Excellent climate, organic farming, volcanic soil, altitude, remoteness from large cities, and the love of the work of the team of tea masters create unique teas. A modern, innovative view of production technologies and the experience adopted from Chinese and Taiwanese colleagues make this tea perfect and worthy of standing in the same line with the genre's classics. Traveling around Japan, we were more than once convinced of this production's excellent reputation and glory. For many Japanese producers, Miyazaki Sabou is a role model and a benchmark for organic farming.

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