Nishide Naturally Cultivated Kotoka Matcha – Ceremonial-Grade Japanese Green Tea

Description

Using tea leaves from a certified organic tea farm in Nara, Kyoto, and Kyushu Island, tea master Nishide-san creates a delicate but rich organic matcha.

• Ingredients: Green tea
• Harvest: Spring
• Region: BLEND – Nara (around 70%), Kagoshima, Kyoto, blended by Nishide-san
• Cultivars:

• BLEND – Mainly Yabukita but also okumidori and other cultivars as necessary to maintain flavor profile consistency.
• Grinding: Stone mill ground at the new Nishide Tea Factory Grinding Facility.
• Certifications: This product may be certified JAS organic on demand by the producer for custom wholesale projects, however for Yunomi’s retail, we are not certifying the product we sell regularly due to regulatory complexity.

Producer Info

• Name: Nishide Tea Factory (Nishide Seichajyo Co., Ltd.)
• Type: Family-owned tea factory
• CEO: Takashi Nishide
• Address: 59 Higashiokutani Zenjyoji, Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto 610-0201, Japan

The Nishide Tea Factory is managed by husband and wife team, Takashi and Atsuko Nishide and their family. Established over 140 years ago, the Nishide family buys aracha tea (unrefined leaves) from the tea farms of Kyoto and surrounding prefectures, and refines them further to craft high quality tea leaves that are uniform in color and shape, and of course excellent in flavor.

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