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Japanese Green Tea Co. Starts Free Shipping to France

Bonjour à tous nos clients en France ! 

We're thrilled to share some great news with our customers in France! 🎉

We now offer free shipping for select products in France, making it easier than ever for you to enjoy our items without worrying about extra costs.

These items are shipped directly within France, so you don’t need to worry about paying any import tax. 

How to Find Products that are available for free shipping in France

Click here to explore all the products eligible for free shipping ...

Japanese Green Tea & Los Angeles - Green Tea Sommelier's Selfish Guide

I love LA.

I have visited here multiple times throughout my life, and the city has a good vibe and always makes me happy.

In 2024, I was lucky to be invited to some pop-up events (read more about it here), and I had a chance to visit a few cafes around the town.

Here are some of my personal favorites around the town (primarily related to tea).  

Enjoy!

The Butcher's Daughter

This was one of the first shops we visited after we came to LA, and I am happy to connect with Kari and Maria from the sho...

Japanese Green Tea Co. Returns to Local Events: SISU/Snow Peak and Holiday Market Highlights

We are Back from Hibernating

It feels like a long time.

Before COVID, we were pretty active in local events, but since COVID started, we halted all local operations and focused on online.

That helped us to expand our reach to customers in the UK, Germany, and Europe. (Click here to see which countries our products are available now)

We finally got France's VAT approved last month. We started applying in 2023 (Yes, I know!), so we will also be pushing the French market very soon.

But something wa...

Are you in LA this Sunday? (12/15/2024) - We will be at Holiday Market!

Are you in LA this Sunday? (12/15/2024) 

We will be at the Holiday Market this weekend at Homage Brewing, Los Angeles.

Please join us and enjoy the Japanese pop culture (and some Japanese tea and coffee, maybe?)

When: December 15th, 2024, Sunday, from 12 Noon to 6 pm PSTWhere: Homage Brewing - 1219 N Main St., Los Angels, CA 90012

Our good friend Tsugu from We Share Records invited us to this event, and we are so honored to be part of this!

Tsugu is a DJ who even performed at Dodger's Stad...

Introducing New Package for Gokuzyo Aracha Teabag

We are excited to share the new package for our popular Gokuzyo Aracha Teabag. 

The product inside is still the same teabag you have loved for the past years. It is only the package we upgraded. 

What do you think? 

What is the teabag made of? 

We often get asked about this question.  The tea bag is made of Japanese environmentally-friendly material called Soilon™ソイロン.  

Soilon™ is a biodegradable material invented by Yamanaka Industry Co., Ltd., a Japanese company specializing in innovative ma...

Japanese Green Tea & Miami - Green Tea Sommelier's Selfish Guide

Bienvenido a Miami, the Magic City!

Have you been to Miami? It's a popular destination with its stunning beaches and big-city appeal, two things that can be incongruent with each other, but Miami somehow makes the combination work. Famed for being a playground, if not outright home, to the rich and famous, Miami clearly has so much more to offer. 

 Sign I Found on a Street... I Love the Relaxed Feeling Here

 

During my recent visit, I was curious to see if the article claiming a tea renaissanc...

JAPANESE GREEN TEA & MIAMI - GREEN TEA SOMMELIER'S SELFISH GUIDE

Bienvenido a Miami, the Magic City!

Have you been to Miami? It's a popular destination with its stunning beaches and big-city appeal, two things that can be incongruent with each other, but Miami somehow makes the combination work. Famed for being a playground, if not outright home, to the rich and famous, Miami clearly has so much more to offer. 

 Sign I Found on a Street... I Love the Relaxed Feeling Here

 

During my recent visit, I was curious to see if the article claiming a tea renaissanc...

Death Wish Green Tea Recipe - The Pursuit of More Caffeinated Energy

Remember that old Daft Punk song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

Well, just like that song, it feels like ever since humans first discovered caffeine in tea leaves, we’ve been on a quest to find ever-more powerful sources of energy to keep us working, philosophizing, and, most of all, partying.

Nowadays, tea or coffee is the bare minimum. People are starting to reach for super-caffeinated brands of coffee, and many often go for a cold beverage: sugary, sweet, ultra-high-caffeine energy drinks...

Katsushika Hokusai and Tea

This year, we decided to release a limited-edition packaging for our tea bag samples inspired by Katsushika Hokusai's most famous piece of art, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from his incredible series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. (You can get your sample of this special edition here while stocks last!) 

 

You might want to know why we specifically chose to create a modernized version of Hokusai's art - and many of you may be wondering who this famous Japanese artist is in the first place. No...

Major Japanese Tea Manufacturers in 2024 and the Best Sellers

Many companies produce bottled or canned green tea in Japan, which has the highest number of vending machines selling tea in the world.

Here is a list and brief explanations of major Japanese Green Tea Manufacturers in 2024.  

I have also included their popular products and links to buy from Amazon.

How many have you tried? 

Ito En, the Originator

Ito En is Japan's #1 canned and bottled green tea product manufacturer. In 1985, it debuted its canned sencha green tea, the first green tea drink sol...