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By early summer in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, the tea farmers harvest the larger, older tea leaves and small twigs for Hojicha. They steam this mixture to prevent fermentation, mix it with volcanic sand, and roast it in revolving ovens. The sand, later removed, facilitates slow, even heating. This gives the tea its distinctive smoky or nutty flavor, The result is unparalleled taste and quality, as perfectly balanced as a poem. In order to insure the richest, most authentic flavor, Haiku Roasted Green Tea teabags are always two full grams of 100% Nagata Organic Japanese Hojicha Tea, the finest quality in the world. Try our HAIKU Organic Japanese Hojicha Roasted Green Tea and you will understand why true connoisseurs of Japanese roasted green tea will drink nothing else.

During the fall in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, tea farmers turn to the harvest of tea twigs for Kukicha, “the peasant’s drink”, so-called because farmers drank it after selling the leaves to sophisticated urbanites as a cash crop. The farmers carefully select 40% medium 3-year, 40% thick 10-year, and 20% thin twigs and leaves aged 1 year, before gently roasting each variety separately to bring out its rich flavor. Because caffeine is concentrated in the leaves, twig tea is low in caffeine and can be enjoyed even at night. Haiku Organic Japanese Kukicha Twig Tea teabags are always two full grams of 100% Japanese Organic Kukicha Twig Tea, the finest quality in the world. Try it and you will understand why true connoisseurs of Japanese twig tea will drink nothing else.

Several weeks in early spring, farmers in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, farmers gather the first flush of new buds and leaves for processing into Sencha, the highest grade of Japanese tea for export. The bud and top two leaves are cut at the peak of flavor and quickly pan-fired to halt oxidation of the precious polyphenols. Next the buds and leaves are rolled into tight curls, slowly dried,and immediately packed to seal in the fresh taste and aroma. In order to insure the richest, most authentic green tea flavor, HAIKU teabags are always two full grams of 100% Japanese Organic Sencha Tea, the finest quality in the world.Try our HAIKU Organic Japanese Sencha Green Tea and you will understand why true connoisseurs of Japanese roasted green tea will drink nothing else.