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CHAMART introduces various organic JAPANESE TEAs and will exhibit at international trade fairs. Most of CHAMART’s tea are cultivated by the CHAGUSABA farming method, traditional in Shizuoka (The CHAGUSABA farming method is not an organic farming method).
If you are a tea professional such as a tea buyer, owner/staff of a tea shop, cafe or restaurant, etc., who is interested in JAPANESE TEAs, please contact us.
Date and time:
Sunday 17 March 2024: 10:00 – 19:00
Monday 18 March 2024: 10:00 – 19:00
Tuesday 19 March 2024: 10:00 – 18:00
Place: Kortrijk Xpo, Kortrijk, Belgium
How to get Kortrijk Xpo
https://www.kortrijkxpo.com/en/practical/how-to-get-here/
CHAMART will introduce the following JAPANESE TEAs from SHIZUOKA recognized as Organic JAS at the trade fairs.
You can taste different types of TEAs and receive free samples at CHAMART’s booth if you are thinking about importing them.
CHAMART introduces various examples of drink and food using JAPANESE TEAs at “How to use TEA” on this website.
Powdered special high-quality green tea from Kakegawa
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
MATCHA (Powdered special high-quality green tea)
Producers of tea
A family-run tea garden that manages the production of tea from cultivation through processing.
Leaf (particle size)
Powder 100 mesh pass (10 µm)
Color of brewed tea
Light green
Flavor
Rich MATCHA aroma (a slightly salty, sea breeze aroma), smooth, mild, bitter taste
Other
MATCHA is NOT powdered SENCHA (steamed green tea). The ingredient of MATCHA is TENCHA, which is a green tea cultivated and processed by a special method. The tea leaves for TENCHA are covered by straw mats or black cloth for 3 weeks or more to block the sunlight before plucking. The leaves for TENCHA are steamed, but not rolled like SENCHA. The leaves keep their bright green color when they are not rolled, creating MATCHA’s color.
Blocking the sunlight increases the amount of theanine, a component of umami and sweetness, and decreases catechin, a component of bitterness and astringency. Additionally, theanine has relaxing effects.
It takes more processes and time compared to making SENCHA.
MATCHA has many ways for use, such as for making bagels, bread, waffles, muffins, ice cream, drinks (shakes, lattes), etc..
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
○
CHAGUSABA farming method *
○
The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas.
Processing
The tea leaves are covered with a black cloth for 2 to 3 weeks before plucking. The tea is processed into TENCHA and milled into MATCHA using a bead mill, or MATCHA mill stone, at a factory certified as Organic JAS by a tea farmer’s family company in Kakegawa City.
*Organic JAS
Organic JAS: The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The Organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a monitoring system that ensures the safety of all products by continuously monitoring critical steps in manufacturing. This system was established in the United State in the 1960’s. Japan introduced the system in 1996, and Mini HACCP was authorized by local authorities in Japan.
Reference:
厚生労働省 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
HACCP（ハサップ）
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/shokuhin/haccp/index.html
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
Kakegawa is one of the famous tea production areas in Japan, and has many tea fields in flat land and in mountain areas. The cancer mortality rate of Kakegawa City is the lowest among cities in Japan with populations over 100,000. It is said that people drink a lot of tea in a day, and it may be related to that fact.
Kakegawa City has conducted a study in its city that investigated the connection between green tea and effects of improving life style related diseases.
The tea is cultivated using CHAGUSABA farming method.
The CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted for many years at several locations in Kakegawa City. The CHAGUSABA farming method is a circular agriculture that maintains the environment around tea fields and is recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GHIAS) by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands around tea fields and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields.
CHAGUSA in the tea field
The tea garden was established in 1915. The philosophy of the tea garden is respect for nature and cultivating tea. These tea farmers do not want to destroy the ecosystem using agricultural chemicals. Thus, they work to make a rich soil using many microscopic organisms and organic compost. If they encounter a problem or difficulty, for example harmful insects, they observe the tea fields and the environment carefully to find a solution. The owner of the tea garden says that it is important to observe the tea fields daily. The owner and staff are always trying to find new methods of cultivating as well as improving tea processing machines in order to make a good tea.
They make various types of tea such as MATCHA, FUKAMUSHICHA (deep-steamed green tea), WAKOCHA (Japanese black tea), HOJICHA (green tea which is steamed and roasted), KUKICHA (steamed green tea with stems), powdered tea, etc..
They provide a place where people can enjoy their tea and a chance for children to have an experience picking tea leaves to learn about tea. They also contribute to the local community through tea.
Making nutrient rich soil with CHAGUSA and rice bran
Putting the soil into the tea field
How to make MATCHA/HOJICHA latte
*You can make the Marshmallow MATCHA/HOJICHA latte using a small pan.
Iced MATCHA
How to make MATCHA/HOJICHA ice cream shake
How to make MATCHA/HOJICHA pound cake
MATCHA/HOJICHA waffles
MATCHA/HOJICHA ice cream
MATCHA/HOJICHA bagels
1 heaped teaspoon of MATCHA is about 2g
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipes for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
We can introduce more Organic JAS certified JAPANESE TEAs on request.
We will first send an estimate for your request.
Please read our Privacy Policy before sending your inquiry.
If you accept, then please contact us.
Thank you for your understanding.
We look forward to hearing from you.
CHAMART
YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd.
E-mail: tea@chamart.jp
Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Powdered roasted green tea from Kakegawa
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
Powdered HOJICHA (Powdered green tea which is steamed and roasted)
Producers of tea
A tea cooperative association
Leaf (particle size)
Powder 60 mesh pass
Color of brewed tea
Dark brown
Flavor
Rich roasted aroma, bitter
Other
Powdered HOJICH has many ways for use, such as making bagels, bread, waffles, muffins, ice cream, drinks (shakes, lattes, a type of espresso), etc..
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
○
CHAGUSABA farming method *
○
The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas.
Processing
The tea is processed into crude tea at a tea processing factory by the tea cooperative association in Kakegawa City. Next, the crude tea is roasted and powdered at a tea merchant’s factory. Then, the powdered HOJICHA is packed at a different factory of a tea merchant certified as mini HACCP in Kakegawa City. All these factories are certified as Organic JAS.
In Japan most small or medium-scaled tea cooperative associations and tea merchants cannot afford to install all the machines needed to process crude tea & refined tea and make powdered tea, because each machine is expensive. Thus, they work on the division of labor in cooperation with each other.
*CHAMART introduced powdered HOJICHA which is produced in Hamamatsu City before. Now CHAMART introduces powdered HOJICHA which is produced in Kakegawa City.
*Organic JAS
Organic JAS: The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a monitoring system that ensures the safety of all products by continuously monitoring critical steps in manufacturing. This system was established in the United State in the 1960’s. Japan introduced the system in 1996, and Mini HACCP was authorized by local authorities in Japan.
Reference:
厚生労働省 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
HACCP（ハサップ）
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/shokuhin/haccp/index.html
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
The northern part of Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The area is located near the upper Haranoya River and is surrounded by mountains which include the Japanese Alps. There is clean air and water, and fog is generated often in the area. The temperature difference between day and night is extreme. This contributes to producing a good tea. The hours of daylight are shorter than in the flatlands and makes the leaves thin and soft, so that these can be eaten after brewing.
The tea is cultivated using CHAGUSABA farming method.
The CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted for many years at several locations in Kakegawa City. The CHAGUSABA farming method is a circular agriculture that maintains the environment around tea fields and is recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GHIAS) by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands around tea fields and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields.
CHAGUSABA farming method
Normalizing the abandoned tea fields
Mainly 9 out of 26 members, from sixties to eighties began cultivating tea organically in 2015 to add value to the tea and protect the environment for the next generation.
The members once survived by tea farming using chemicals, the same as other areas. However, due to the falling of wholesale tea prices, and lack of successors for tea farming, some members became unable to maintain their tea fields. The abandoned tea fields were increased. They discussed the dissolution of the association once, but decided to begin organic tea farming in 2015 for added value to their tea and to sustain their tea fields.
For younger generations
It takes at least three years to obtain Organic JAS certification in Japan. Additionally, productivity is reduced, and a farmers’ income becomes unstable during those three years. This especially means that young members who have to feed their families are unable to do organic farming. Therefore, mainly the members who are pensioners, from sixties to eighties, conduct organic cultivation for the association while doing their own works. First, they began to normalize the abandoned tea fields with overgrown tea trees located in the highest places in their district. With much difficulty and effort, they received Organic JAS certification after a three-year period. They are now expanding their organic tea fields and would like to establish a tea business which can bring a stable income for young tea farmers.
Tea processing factory
*CHAMART introduced powdered HOJICHA which is produced in Hamamatsu City before. Now CHAMART introduces powdered HOJICHA which is produced in Kakegawa City.
How to make MATCHA/HOJICHA latte
*You can make the Marshmallow Matcha/Hojicha latte using a small pan.
HOJICHA/MATCHA muffins & bagels
HOJICHA espresso & HOJICHA au lait
HOJICHA waffle & HOJCHA Latte
HOJICHA/MATCHA bagels
How to make MATCHA/HOJICHA ice cream shake
1 heaped teaspoon of powdered HOJICHA is about 2g
HOJICHA Espresso
Put 1g of powdered HOJICHA into an espresso cup, add boiled water, then stir.
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipes for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
We can introduce more Organic JAS certified JAPANESE TEAs on request.
We will first send an estimate for your request.
Please read our Privacy Policy before sending your inquiry.
If you accept, then please contact us.
Thank you for your understanding.
We look forward to hearing from you.
CHAMART
YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd.
E-mail: tea@chamart.jp
Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Lightly-steamed green tea from Kakegawa
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
SENCHA (Lightly-steamed green tea)
The leaves are steamed for about 30 to 50 seconds.
Producers of tea
A tea cooperative association
Leaf
Time of steaming tea leaves: about 30 to 50 seconds
Thin and soft. You can eat the used tea leaves with yogurt, soup, or pasta after brewing.
Color of brewed tea
Clear, pale yellow
Flavor
Fresh and sharp taste with a slight bitterness (mild bitter).
Other
KIYORAKA is a Japanese word meaning Pure and Clean.
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
○
CHAGUSABA farming method *
△The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas, and the amount of CHAGUSA (grass) for tea fields is small.
Processing
The tea is processed into crude tea at a tea processing factory by the tea cooperative association. Next, the crude tea is heated and packed at a tea merchant’s factory certified as mini HACCP * in Kakegawa City. All these factories are certified as Organic JAS.
*Organic JAS
The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Mini Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a monitoring system that ensures the safety of all products by continuously monitoring critical steps in manufacturing. This system was established in the United State in the 1960’s. Japan introduced the system in 1996, and Mini HACCP was authorized by local authorities in Japan.
Reference:
厚生労働省 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
HACCP（ハサップ）
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/shokuhin/haccp/index.html
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
The northern part of Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The area is located near the upper Haranoya River and is surrounded by mountains which include the Japanese Alps. There is clean air and water, and fog is generated often in the area. The temperature difference between day and night is extreme. This contributes to producing a good tea. The hours of daylight are shorter than in the flatlands and makes the leaves thin and soft, so that these can be eaten after brewing.
The tea is cultivated using CHAGUSABA farming method.
The CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted for many years at several locations in Kakegawa City. The CHAGUSABA farming method is a circular agriculture that maintains the environment around tea fields and is recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GHIAS) by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands around tea fields and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields.
CHAGUSABA farming method
Normalizing the abandoned tea fields
Mainly 9 out of 26 members, from sixties to eighties began cultivating tea organically in 2015 to add value to the tea and protect the environment for the next generation.
The members once survived by tea farming using chemicals, the same as other areas. However, due to the falling of wholesale tea prices, and lack of successors for tea farming, some members became unable to maintain their tea fields. The abandoned tea fields were increased. They discussed the dissolution of the association once, but decided to begin organic tea farming in 2015 for added value to their tea and to sustain their tea fields.
Normalizing the abandoned tea fields
For younger generations
It takes at least three years to obtain Organic JAS certification in Japan. Additionally, productivity is reduced, and a farmers’ income becomes unstable during those three years. This especially means that young members who have to feed their families are unable to do organic farming. Therefore, mainly the members who are pensioners, from sixties to eighties, conduct organic cultivation for the association while doing their own works. First, they began to normalize the abandoned tea fields with overgrown tea trees located in the highest places in their district. With much difficulty and effort, they received Organic JAS certification after a three-year period. They are now expanding their organic tea fields and would like to establish a tea business which can bring a stable income for young tea farmers.
Tea processing factory
How to make a cup of SENCHA/FUKAMUSHICHA/KUKICHA
SENCHA with mint leaves and dried fruit
Pound cake and ice cream with used tea leaves
Egg toast with used tea leaves
1 heaped teaspoon of SENCHA leaf tea is about 2 to 3g
Cold brewing
1.Put 3 to 5 teaspoons of leaf tea (6 to 10g) and 1 litter of water into a bottle.
2.Place in the fridge for 1 to 3 hours.
Adding seasonal fruits and honey is also good.
CHAMART recommends the water is cooled, boiled water or mineral water.
You can use leftover tea leaves with pasta, soup, or other dishes.
Farmer’s recommendation
1.Put 2.5 or 3 teaspoons (5 to 7g) of leaf tea into a tea pot and, pour 1/4 cup (50ml) of cold water into the pot. Then brew the tea for 5 minutes.
2.Pour 1 cup (200ml) of boiled water into the pot, and brew the tea for 3 minutes
You can enjoy tea with strong umami (glutamine taste).
You can brew more with the tea leaves as you like it.
For brewing a more bitter and fresh taste, brew in boiled water for 1 to 2 minutes.
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipes for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
We can introduce more Organic JAS certified JAPANESE TEAs on request.
We will first send an estimate for your request.
Please read our Privacy Policy before sending your inquiry.
If you accept, then please contact us.
Thank you for your understanding.
We look forward to hearing from you.
CHAMART
YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd.
E-mail: tea@chamart.jp
Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Deep steamed green tea from Kakegawa
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
FUKAMUSHICHA (deep-steamed green tea)
The leaves are steamed for about 60 to 120 seconds.
Producers of tea
A tea farmer’s family company
Leaf
Time of steaming tea leaves: about 60 to 120 seconds
Broken into tiny pieces and soft. You can eat the used tea leaves with egg, yogurt, soup, or pasta after brewing.
Color of brewed tea
Dark green like jade
Flavor
Mild with a slight sweetness, not bitter nor astringent
Other
Tea dust flows in the brewed tea and will sink to the bottom of the teacup. Thus, when drinking FUKAMUSHICHA, please rotate the teacup in order to make the tea dust rise, drinking the tea with tea dust together.
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
○
CHAGUSABA farming method *
○
The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas.
Processing
The tea is processed into crude tea, refined steamed green tea and packed at the tea processing factory by the tea farmer’s family company.
*Organic JAS
The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The Organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
Kakegawa is one of the famous tea production areas in Japan, and has many tea fields in flat land and in mountain areas. The cancer mortality rate of Kakegawa City is the lowest among cities in Japan with populations over 100,000. It is said that people drink a lot of tea in a day, and it may be related to that fact.
Kakegawa City has conducted a study in its city that investigated the connection between green tea and effects of improving life style related diseases.
The tea is cultivated using CHAGUSABA farming method.
The CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted for many years at several locations in Kakegawa City. The CHAGUSABA farming method is a circular agriculture that maintains the environment around tea fields and is recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GHIAS) by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands around tea fields and CHAGUSA means the grasses for the tea fields.
CHAGUSA in the tea field
The tea garden was established in 1915. The philosophy of the tea garden is respect for nature and cultivating tea. These tea farmers do not want to destroy the ecosystem using agricultural chemicals. Thus, they work to make a rich soil using many microscopic organisms and organic compost. If they encounter a problem or difficulty, for example harmful insects, they observe the tea fields and the environment carefully to find a solution. The owner of the tea garden says that it is important to observe the tea fields daily. The owner and staff are always trying to find new methods of cultivating as well as improving tea processing machines in order to make a good tea.
They make various types of tea such as MATCHA, FUKAMUSHICHA (deep-steamed green tea), WAKOCHA (Japanese black tea), HOJICHA (green tea which is steamed and roasted), KUKICHA (steamed green tea with stems), powdered tea, etc..
They provide a place where people can enjoy their tea and a chance for children to have an experience picking tea leaves to learn about tea. They also contribute to the local community through tea.
Making nutrient rich soil with CHAGUSA and rice bran
Putting the soil into the tea field
FUKAMUSHICHA with dried orange
Carrot pound cake with used tea leaves
Vongole with used tea leaves
Cheesecake with FUKAMUSHICHA
1 heaped teaspoon of FUKAMUSHICHA leaf tea is about 2 to 3g
Potato potage with used tea leaves
1.After making a cup of FUKAMUSHICHA, keep the used tea leaves.
2.Cut a small potato into pieces and heat them in a microwave at 800 watts for about 1.5 minutes.
3.Put the potato pieces, used tea leaves, 200ml of milk, and 100ml of water into a mixer and blend.
4.Put the mixed contents and some butter into a small pan and heat over medium heat.
5.Add salt and pepper to taste.
Cold brewing
1.Put 3 to 5 heaped teaspoons of tea leaves (about 6 to 10g) and 1 litter of water into a bottle.
2.Place in the fridge for 1 to 3 hours.
Adding seasonal fruits and honey is also good.
CHAMART recommends the water is cooled, boiled water or mineral water.
You can use the used tea leaves with pasta, soup and other dishes as well.
CHAMART’s recommendation
1.Put 2.5 or 3 heaped teaspoons of tea leaves (5 to 7g) of leaf tea into a teapot and, pour 1/4 cup (50ml) of cold water into the pot. Then brew the tea for 5 minutes.
2.Pour 1 cup (200ml) of boiled water into the pot, and brew the tea for 3 minutes
You can enjoy tea with strong umami (a kind of glutamine taste).
You can brew more with the tea leaves as you like it.
For brewing a more bitter and fresh taste, brew in boiled water for 1 to 2 minutes.
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipes for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
We can introduce more Organic JAS certified JAPANESE TEAs on request.
We will first send an estimate for your request.
Please read our Privacy Policy before sending your inquiry.
If you accept, then please contact us.
Thank you for your understanding.
We look forward to hearing from you.
CHAMART
YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd.
E-mail: tea@chamart.jp
Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Green tea which is steamed and roasted from Shizuoka
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
HOJICHA (green tea which is steamed and roasted)
Producers of tea
A tea cooperative association
Leaf
Leaf with stem, roasted, slightly hard
Color of brewed tea
Brown
Flavor
Rich roasted, mild bitter
Other
Roast sencha (steamed green tea) at around 350℃ for a little over a minute. The leaves were matured for a while in a freezer and then leaves were roasted. The taste becomes mild and has a slight sweetness because of the maturing.
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
○
CHAGUSABA farming method *
△
The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in non-GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas, and the amount of CHAGUSA (grass) for tea fields is small.
Processing
The tea is processed into sencha (medium-steamed green tea) at members’ tea processing factories. Next, the tea is roasted at 350 ℃ for about 1.5 minutes at an external factory after maturing the tea leaves. Then, the tea is packed at one member’s tea processing factory. All these factories are certified as Organic JAS.
*Organic JAS
The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The Organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
There are three tea cultivating places of the association in Shizuoka City. They are located in different areas of Shizuoka City. All three places are located upstream and surrounded by mountains. There is a clear stream or river in each district. There is clean air and water, and fog is generated often. The temperature difference between day and night is extreme. This contributes to producing a good tea.
Profile of tea farmers
Don’t pollute water, conserve the mountains
Spring water
Three organic tea farmers’ families unionized a tea cooperative association based on the same philosophy of organic tea farming. All the families are cultivating tea upstream, and there are clear streams or rivers in their region. Spring water comes out from the mountain at the location of one of their tea fields. Their philosophy is “Don’t pollute water, conserve the mountains” and it is a responsibility as a farmer who cultivates tea upstream.
They are cultivating tea to enhance nutritional value and minerals inherent in plant originally, and make a good tea with a good balance of taste and aroma. They are making various Japanese teas, such as SENCHA (lightly-steamed green tea), HOJICHA (roasted green tea), GENMAI-CHA (popped-rice green tea), GYOKURO (special quality steamed green tea), WAKOCHA (Japanese black tea). Now they are developing processed tea leaves for cooking.
All the tea families’ factories are certified Organic JAS.
HOJICHA production
HOJICHA with mint leaves
HOJICHA milk tea
HOJICHA jelly
HOJICHA risotto
1 heaped teaspoon of HOJICHA leaves is about 1g
HOJICHA Milk tea
1.Pour 150ml of each water & milk and 3 heaped teaspoons of HOJICHA leaves (3g) into a small pan. Add sugar to taste.
2.Heat the pan over low or medium heat for about 2 or 3 minutes, and 1 or 2 marshmallows into the pan.
3.Pour the tea into the cup using a strainer
Adding black pepper, cinnamon or ginger is also good.
HOJICHA risotto
1.Brew HOJICHA (3 heaped teaspoons/3g) in 250ml of boiled water for 5 minutes.
2.Place 100 to 150ml of brewed HOJICHA and one small bowl of cooked rice into a small pan.
3.Cook it at medium heat for a couple of minutes stirring occasionally.
4.Add salt and pepper to taste. Adding cheese is also tasty.
HOJICHA straight/adding mint, black pepper or cinnamon sugar
1.Pour boiled water into a tea pot, then pour the water into a tea cup or mug (about 200 to 220ml). You can warm up the tea pot and cup and cool down the temperature of boiled water (about 85℃) by doing this.
The feel of a cup with 85℃ water is such that you can hold the cup somehow. Be careful not to bur yourself.
Sensitivity to heat depends on the person and the cup.
2.Use 3 heaped teaspoons of tea leaves (3g), and pour the water into the tea pot from the cup.
3.Brew the tea for 3 to 5 minutes. If you like bitterness, brew for 4 or 5 minutes.
4.Pour the tea into the cup.
Adding mint leaves, black pepper or cinnamon sugar is also good.
Try several combinations to find your favorite strength.
You can brew more with the tea leaves as you like.
Cold brewing
1. Put 5 to 10 heaped teaspoons of tea leaves (5 to 10g) and 1 litter of water into a bottle.
Place in the fridge for 1 to 3 hours.
2.Adding mint leaves is also good.
CHAMART recommends the water is cooled, boiled water or mineral water.
FARMER’s recommendation for 1 cup
1.Place 2 heaped teaspoons of tea leaves (2g) in a tea pot, and pour 200ml of boiled water into the tea pot.
2.Brew the tea for 30 to 40 seconds.
3.Pour the tea into the cup.
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipes for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
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Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Steamed green tea with roasted rice from Shizuoka
ORGANIC JAS
CHAGUSABA
Type of tea
GENMAI-CHA (Steamed green tea with roasted brown rice)
Producers of tea
A tea cooperative association
Leaf
Leaf, stem and roasted brown rice (about 60% of leaves & stems and 40% of roasted brown rice)
Color of brewed tea
Clear, pale yellow
Flavor
Slight roasted rice aroma, a little sweetness, not bitter
Other
The leaves are matured for 2 to 3 years in a freezer. They are mixed with new, soft leaves picked in May or June, giving the tea a complicated rich flavor.
Organic farming (certified Organic JAS *)
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CHAGUSABA farming method *
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The tea is cultivated using the CHAGUSABA farming method in non-GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) recognized areas, and the amount of CHAGUSA (grass) for tea fields is small.
Processing
The tea is processed into crude tea and refined steamed green tea at a member’s tea processing factory. The roasted brown rice certified as Organic JAS is purchased from a vender. The matured tea leaves and new leaves are mixed. Then, the tea leaves and the roasted brown rice are mixed together at the factory, and the tea is packed at one member’s tea processing factory certified. All these factories are certified as Organic JAS.
*Organic JAS
The JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) System is based on the Law Concerning Standardization, etc. of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Law No.175, 1950) which governs all the agricultural and forestry products, except for liquors, drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. The Organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/standard/jas/index.html
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/
Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS is considered to be conformed to equivalent standards as EU produced organic goods and the Japanese tea labeled Organic can be imported to EU if the product satisfies fixed conditions. However, it does NOT mean that the Japanese tea can be certified as EU organic food.
Reference:
European Commission, Food, Farming, Fisheries > Farming > Organic farming > Trade in organics
Importing organic produce
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/trade_en
農林水産省 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HP
有機食品の検査認証制度
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/yuuki.html
*For the information about importing an organic product into the European Union, please refer to the page “About TRACES” and “TRACES NT Documentation”.
About TRACES
https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/traces_en
TRACES NT Documentation
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/IMSOC/tracesnt-help/Content/Home.htm
*CHAGUSABA farming method
A traditional circular agricultural tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
CHAGUSABA means semi-natural grasslands and CHAGUSA is grass for tea fields. There is much pampas grass, bamboo grass, etc. around the tea fields. Farmers mow the grass and cut them into pieces, then put the cut grass in the furrows between the rows of tea bushes. The grass prevents soil flow & growth of weeds and becomes compost.
The sunlight can reach small flora and fauna because of cutting the grass. Thus, they can continue to live.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
Reference:
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
GIAHS Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
*EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of Pesticides
The tea leaves that CHAMART introduces on the website are certified as Organic JAS. In addition, the tea leaves have been examined for EU Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for pesticides of simultaneous analysis by an examination organization in Germany before. The results of the examination satisfied the EU regulation. CHAMART will arrange the examination again as needed.
Reference:
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > Pesticides Database
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN
European Commission > Food Safety > Plants > Pesticides > EU Pesticides database > MRLs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/start/screen/mrls
Product(s): 0610000 Teas
*Examination of Radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture conducted testing for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture from 2011 to 2018, after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. The inspection of crude tea and leaves was conducted in 2011, and inspection of brewed tea was conducted from 2012 to 2018. The results from 2012 to 2018 were below the detection limit. Additionally, by the Japanese government’s policy, tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture was excluded from items required to be tested in 2018. Thus, Shizuoka Prefecture stopped testing from 2019. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, CHAMART judged that it was not necessary to test for radioactive materials in tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture. However, CHAMART tested two of its teas (MATCHA and powdered HOJICHA) to be sure in January 2020. The result of examination was below the detection limit.
Reference:
静岡県HP 農畜水産物の放射性物質検査について
Shizuoka Prefecture’s HP “Examination of Radioactive materials in agricultural, livestock and marine products”
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kousei/ko-520/syokuhin/housyanoukeikaku.html
*Tariff rate on green tea to EU
0902 10 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: 3.2%, Tariff preference 0%
0902 20 Other green tea (not fermented): 0%
as of January 2023
Reference:
EU Taxation and Customs Union
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en
TARIC measure information Area: Japan – JP 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?op=&MeasText=&logoPath=europa%2fecl%2fimages%2flogo&Lang=en&StartPub=&Offset=0&GoodsText=&Taric=0902&LangDescr=en&Area=JP&textSearch=&OrderNum=&MeasType=&europaPath=europa&SimDate=20230118&measEndDat=&EndPub=&measStartDat=&Regulation=&DatePicker=18-01-2023&ShowMatchingGoods=&ExpandAll=&search_text=goods
There are three tea cultivating places of the association in Shizuoka City. They are located in different areas of Shizuoka City. All three places are located upstream and surrounded by mountains. There is a clear stream or river in each district. There is clean air and water, and fog is generated often. The temperature difference between day and night is extreme. This contributes to producing a good tea.
Profile of tea farmers
Don’t pollute water, conserve the mountains
Spring water
Three organic tea farmers’ families unionized a tea cooperative association based on the same philosophy of organic tea farming. All the families are cultivating tea upstream, and there are clear streams or rivers in their region. Spring water comes out from the mountain at the location of one of their tea fields. Their philosophy is “Don’t pollute water, conserve the mountains” and it is a responsibility as a farmer who cultivates tea upstream.
They are cultivating tea to enhance nutritional value and minerals inherent in plant originally, and make a good tea with a good balance of taste and aroma. They are making various Japanese teas, such as SENCHA (lightly-steamed green tea), HOJICHA (roasted green tea), GENMAICHA (popped-rice green tea), GYOKURO (special quality steamed green tea), WAKOCHA (Japanese black tea). Now they are developing processed tea leaves for cooking.
All the tea families’ factories are certified Organic JAS.
Mashed potatoes with used tea leaves
Scrambled egg with used tea leaves
Cheese croquettes with powdered HOJICHA, MATCHA
and used tea leaves of GENMAICHA
Rice & miso soup with used tea leaves
1 heaped teaspoon of GENMAICHA leaves is about 2 to 3g
Brewing tea method
FARMER’s recommendation
1.Pour boiled water into a tea pot, then pour the water into a tea cup or mug (about 200 to 220ml). You can warm up the tea pot and cup and cool down the temperature of boiled water (about 85℃) by doing this. The feel of a cup with 85℃ water is such that you can hold the cup somehow. Be careful not to bur yourself.
Sensitivity the hotness is depends on the person or the cup.
2.Use 1 or 1.5 teaspoons of leaf tea (about 3g), and pour the water into the tea pot from the cup.
3.Brew the tea for 3 to 5 minutes. If you like bitterness, brew for 4 or 5 minutes.
4.Pour the tea into the cup.
Try several combinations to find your favorite strength.
You can brew more with the tea leaves as you like.
The brown rice absorbs the water, so some amount of water decreases after brewing.
Mashed potato with used tea leaves
1.Brew GENMAICHA (1 teaspoon/2 to 3g) in 250ml of boiled water.
2.Make mashed potatoes.
3.Mix the used tea leaves and the mashed potato.
Toasting mashed potato with French bread is also delicious.
Place some mashed potato on a piece of French bread and put some cheese on it. Then toast it.
Scrambled egg with used tea leaves after brewing
Mix used tea leaves with an egg and chopped tomato, and put them into a heat-resistant dish ware. Then, heat it at about 800 watts for 1 minute in a microwave. Scrambled egg with used tea leaves is made.
Putting a little squeezed lemon can prevent brown discoloration in used tea leaves.
Drink and eat TEA LEAF and protect Nature
Now people don’t drink much freshly-brewed tea due to emerging cheap tea in plastic bottles. Tea in a plastic bottle is convenient, but use of many plastic bottles is an environmental problem. If you buy and brew their organic tea, at a good price for the tea farmer, it means that you also maintain the environment through the tea farmers.
If you eat used organic tea leaves, you don’t generate food scraps. It is good for the environment, and you can be a part of circular agriculture.
CHAMART creates the recipe for organic tea leaves.
For any inquiry (Price, Delivery time, MOQ/Minimum Order Quantity, Payment terms, Japanese tea tourism, etc.), please contact us.
We can introduce more Organic JAS certified JAPANESE TEAs on request.
We will first send an estimate for your request.
Please read our Privacy Policy before sending your inquiry.
If you accept, then please contact us.
Thank you for your understanding.
We look forward to hearing from you.
CHAMART
YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd.
E-mail: tea@chamart.jp
Tel: +81(0)90-4401-8774
Address: Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
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SHIZUOKA Prefecture is the top producer of tea in Japan. There are many places where tea is produced such as Kakegawa City, Shizuoka City, etc. and SHIZUOKA Prefecture produces many types of tea, such as SENCHA (medium-steamed green tea), FUKAMUSHICHA (deep-steamed green tea), MATCHA (special quality powdered green tea), HOJICHA (roasted green tea), GYOKURO (special quality steamed green tea), KUKICHA (steamed green tea with stems), KABUSECHA (quality steamed green tea) and WAKOCHA (Japanese black tea).
There are many rivers and mountains that generate fog, and the hours of sunlight in a day are long in SHIZUOKA Prefecture. It means that there are pure air and water, fog, and sunlight that are needed for cultivating a good tea in SHIZUOKA Prefecture.
There are many attractive places about tea in Japan to visit. You can especially enjoy “TEA tourism” in SHIZUOKA Prefecture. There is the “Tea Museum, Shizuoka,” Chamonji (the Chinese character “茶“ (TEA) is formed with about 1,000 hinoki cypresses and its longitudinal/lateral size is 130m each) on Mt. Awagatake, hotels themed on tea, tea farm inns, Japanese tea ceremony rooms, tea café, and tea shops. You can experience a Japanese tea ceremony, CHAGUSABA farming method, plucking tea leaves, making Japanese tea, a picnic in the tea fields, and more.
SHIZUOKA Prefecture is located in the center of Japan. In addition, there is Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport which connects with China, Korea and Taiwan, and many JR Shinkansen (bullet train) stations in SHIZUOKA Prefecture. SHIZUOKA Prefecture is a convenient place to access from overseas.
Click here for more information of CHAGUSABA tour.
Movie about CHAGUSABA tour
Tea Museum Shizuoka
Chamonji on Mt. Awagatake
Tea farm inn Nukumorien Yururi
MATCHA/HOJICHA rice at Tea restaurant & cafe Maruobara, in Tea Museum Shizuoka
A traditional tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years.
Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013.
However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
CHAMART will introduce both CHAGUSABA TEAs cultivated in GIAHS recognized areas, some grown in other areas, and also non-CHAGUSABA TEAs at the trade fair.
There are some farmers who cultivate tea using both the CHAGUSABA farming method and organic farming methods. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method is not an organic farming method.
For further details of the CHAGUSABA farming method, please see the pages below;
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka, FAO
http://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/asia-and-the-pacific/traditional-tea-grass-integrated-system-in-shizuoka/en/
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), FAO
http://www.fao.org/giahs/en/
世界農業遺産 静岡の茶草場農法 GIAHS “CHAGUSABA” in Shizuoka
https://www.chagusaba.jp
Cutting grass exposes small plants and animals to sunlight so they can continue to live.
CHA (茶) means tea and CHAGUSABA (茶草場) means semi-natural grasslands around tea fields, and CHAGUSA (茶草) is grass for tea fields.
A traditional tea farming method “CHAGUSABA” has been conducted primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture for many years. Shizuoka’s CHAGUSABA farming method (Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka) conducted in these four cities (Kakegawa, Kikugawa, Makinohara and Shimada) and one town (Kawanehon) in Shizuoka Prefecture was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. However, the CHAGUSABA farming method has been conducted in some places other than these five locations in Shizuoka Prefecture and in some other prefectures of Japan as well.
There are many components in GREEN TEA, including JAPANESE GREEN TEA, which have health and beauty benefits.
These benefits are scientifically proven.
Catechins
Catechins
Theanine
Catechins
Polysaccharides
Catechins
Vitamin B and E
Catechins
Vitamin C
Shizuoka Prefecture. Leaflet “SHIZUOKA GREEN TEA
Japan Tea Central Republic Interest Incorporated Association (2013).
Cha no kinō, Translated as SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA
Tea incense burner
Soaps using tea
Old or dried, used tea leaves can be used as a deodorizer for shoes.
The tea dust for dyeing the products on the site is different from the teas CHAMART will introduce at the trade fair.
The report of testing antibacterial activity of the cloth dyed with tea dust shows the effect of antibacterial activity.
The dyeing work of Washizu
Washizu: https://www.ochazome-shizuoka-japan.com
This two‐piece dress was tailored-made by Semi-order Kozue
Semi-order Kozue: https://semiorder-kozue.com
There are two types of green tea, steamed and pan-fired.
The differences between them are, for example, the amount of catechin in brewed tea. The catechin amount in brewed, steamed green tea is larger than in pan-fired green tea.* Catechins have many benefits as mentioned in the above table.
Most Japanese green tea and the teas CHAMART introduces are the steamed type.
*Japan Tea Central Republic Interest Incorporated Association (2013). Cha no kinō, Translated as SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA
*Hirofumi Matsuo et al. J-STAGE
「釜炒り茶と煎茶の渋味の解析」Kamairicha to sencha no shibumi no kaiseki (Astringency of Kamairi-cha and Sen-cha)
J-STAGE: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/-char/ja
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