Easy to drink with a gentle taste! New black tea from Japan, now in more convenient tea bag form
Black tea produced in Japan from a Japanese tea variety
Much of the world's black tea comes from the Assam variety, a large-leaf tea plant with high tannin content. The tea plant used in Japanese tea is a small-leaf Chinese variety with a high amino acid content.
As Chinese varieties have excellent cold resistance and are able to withstand harsh climatic conditions, they are also used as black tea varieties in highland regions.
The small leaves result in low yields that are often used in high-grade teas.
Akizukien's Japanese black tea is black tea made by fermenting the Chinese variety Yabukita, usually cultivated for use in Japanese tea.
Commitment to quality fermentation
Fermentation is carried out naturally and manually, requiring time and effort, without the use of machinery.
Vibrant tea leaves harvested in early summer, an optimal time for fermentation when the temperature has risen.
The taste of Japanese black tea
Black tea grown in Japan's warm and mild climate has low levels of tannins and other components contained in tea leaves. This makes for a fruity black tea, mild without harshness.