Why Kakegawa tea is so popular
The mainstream of Kakegawa tea is "deep-steamed tea."
By steaming it for a longer time than regular sencha, it has a rich, sweet and deep flavor.
Additionally, because the tea leaves are fine and there is a lot of powder, you can enjoy more of the catechin, theanine, vitamin C, dietary fiber, minerals, and other ingredients.
Furthermore, the people of Kakegawa drink a lot of tea from morning to night.
Research has shown that Kakegawa City has the lowest cancer mortality rate in Japan, thanks to its lifestyle of drinking a lot of tea.
A producer in Kakegawa Higashiyama, a village of the World Agricultural Heritage System using the Tea Grass Farming Method
Among the producers from various regions, producers in Kakegawa City have won the most awards in the nation at the National Tea Competition (deep-steamed sencha category) a total of 25 times.
The traditional farming method of utilizing "chagusaba," a grassland where Japanese silver grass and bamboo grass are laid in the tea fields, is maintained, with a ratio of tea field to chagusaba of 10:7. As a semi-natural grassland, precious plants such as endangered bellflowers and dianthus are cultivated.
The Japanese pampas grass and bamboo grass grown in the Chagusaba fields are harvested and dried by farmers every year from autumn to winter and spread around the base of the tea plants and between the rows as organic fertilizer, which suppresses weeds, softens the soil and allows the roots to spread, thereby improving the quality of the tea leaves.
Kakegawa City is number one in Japan!!
This year we also won the Regional Award.
Finishing technician (Kakegawa Factory)
In 2024
Winner of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award, the first in history to win four consecutive times!!
An amazing achievement: No. 1 in Japan for the fourth consecutive year!
(Awarded 16 times in total )
Finishing Technology Competition "Grand Gold Award"
(Awarded a total of 7 times)
It is one of the top two tea factories in Shizuoka, and many tea producers come here to bring in the tea leaves they have picked to have them finished.
The value of the tea increases if the tea leaves that you have carefully grown for a year are finished by an elite tea master.
Our tea is prepared by an elite tea master who has been crowned number one in Japan for four consecutive years (16 times in total).
Tea made by Japan's most elite tea master
Delivered from the best factory in Japan.
The owner won the national championship at the National Tea Judging Skills Competition (Tea Battle)
After personally traveling around the country to see and drink tea, he finally decided that Kakegawa tea was the best.
Of all the teas from each region of Shizuoka, Kakegawa tea was the most popular among customers.
He has won the National Tea Judging Skills Competition (Tea Battle), so his taste is undeniable.
Please be sure to try the best tea in Japan, carefully selected and created by the owner, who has the best taste in Japan.
