Tea Innovators Archives - Global Japanese Tea Association

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

The first smoked tea in Japan. The surprising aroma is gaining recognition overseas as well. A new category of Japanese tea developed by a pioneer. [Kaneroku Matsumotoen / Hiroki Matsumoto]

More than half of the tea produced in Japan is sencha. However, in recent years, consumption of sencha has declined significantly, and […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

From Kamakura. Nitrogen gas fizzes tea! The possibilities of tea are expanding with a beer-like pop appearance that attracts people [CHABAKKA TEA PARKS / Ken Miura]

If you hear tea and nitrogen gas, and imagine tea leaf preservation, you are probably in the tea industry. CHABAKKA TEA PARKS, […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

It looks like a cigarette, but inside of it is tea. How chabacco is expanding the reach of tea by making fun of the world [Showtime / Shota Morikawa]

A package is necessary to keep and store tea leaves. During the Edo period, tea leaves were stored in ceramic pots called […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

Aiming to attract one million visitors a year. Can a commercial facility that allows visitors to experience tea become a hub that brings the ideal and reality of tea producers and consumers closer together? [KADODE OOIGAWA]

KADODE OOIGAWA, one of Japan’s largest commercial facilities for experiencing tea, was created through a collaboration of JA Oigawa, Shimada City, and […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

Planting and weeding tea plants with tea drinkers under the Tea Field Owner System. The joy of tea business supported by its fans. [Ashikubo Tea Works]

Have you heard of CSA? CAS means Community Supported Agriculture. Farming involves risks such as crop failure due to weather, pests and […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

Blending the best of Hawaii and Japan. The challenge of preserving Japanese tea with blended teas that meet the global demand. [Yunomi.life / Ian Chun]

Japanese tea exports began to increase after 2000 for the first time in about 30 years due to the global matcha tea […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

Target – olive oil. Abandoned tea fields across the country are heaps of treasures – tea seeds. The popularization of tea seed oil will revive abandoned tea fields. [Japan Tea Seed Oil Association / Kumiko Jito]

Tea production is declining and tea fields are disappearing. The total tea farm area in Japan has decreased by two-thirds in the […]

2024-03-082024-09-24Tea Innovators, Tea News

Three types of tea can be experienced for 500 yen per month, and the boundaries of tea are expanding every month. [TOKYO TEA JOURNAL / Mikito Tanimoto]

As collecting small online payments has become cheaper, subscriptions have spread to a variety of industries. Tea is a product that is […]