Welcome to SONO, garden of organic Japanese teas.
We deliver organic Japanese teas from producers to you.
Deep-steamed Sencha – Yame, Fukuoka
US$11.65CHIYONOEN’s tea fields are located in the mountains, and the mountain weather makes the tea leaves thick. Longer steaming makes the tea taste mellow and the watercolor dark green. It can be brewed easily at both lower and higher water temperatures.
Karigane Grade A – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$16.94Karigane tea came from Sakamoto Tea Farm in Kagoshima. This year’s blend is stem of Yabukita, and Okumidori.
Enjoy the sweetness of karigane, stem tea produced from the trees for Gyokuro leaves. Stems have more than 2 times theanine than leaves, and this stem tea is the highest grade from the farm.
Gyokuro Chameijin – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$30.49Sakamoto-san, the farmer of this gyokuro tea, changes cultivars and blends every year for each product.
And this is the best tea made with his 5 senses. Tea leaves were processed with much care and gently, and sealed in flavor at his tea factory so you get the most when you brew.
Please enjoy the best tastes with the tea master, Sakamoto-san.
Gyokuro Wakamusha – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$22.02Sakamoto’s tea is constinuously evolving. Gyokuro “Wakamusha” is made with only the variety Okumidori this season.
Umami flavor fills your mouth when you drink and lingers. It tastes like Japanese rich soup stock.
Gyokuro Powder Chaka – Ceremonial Grade – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$8.47We recommend this gyokuro powder for your daily use. Creamy, nutty, green taste and brilliant green color. Start your day with this powder tea that enhances your health and relaxes your mind.
Gyokuro Sasahime – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$16.94If you haven’t tried gyokuro, we recommend this tea to you.
This tea is made by saemidori cultivar this season. It is sweet, has a lot of umami flavor, and is an easy to drink, mouthwatering tea.
Sencha Hachiju Hachiya – Yame, Fukuoka
US$16.94Harvested 1 bud and 3 leaves around hachiju hachiya – the beginning of May, and carefully processed. Enjoy the rich taste and the fragrant aroma. The little stronger firing gives you pleasant aftertaste.
Gyokuro Powder Sae -Ceremonial Grade – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$18.63The highest grade of gyokuro powder in Sakamoto-san’s standard product line. He has chosen the tea leaves to be used for each product based on his own discerning taste. Therefore, this product is not always Saemidori cultivar. The cultivar may vary depending on the timing of stock.
Gyokuro Chamusume – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$13.55Gyokuro Chamusume is reasonably priced, and very tasty and very easy to drink. The umami taste spreads on your tongue. Enjoy the elegant after taste, too. This tea is usually sold out before the next season, and we are happy to offer Chamusume to you. Please try it.
Sencha Hanatsumi – Yame, Fukuoka
US$11.65The highest grade of Harashima-san’s sencha teas. Made from the earliest harvested small sprouts, and carefully processed and blended. Please try the best sencha made by Harashima-san, who is not only a organic tea farmer but also a licensed teacher of sencha tea ceremony.
Visee – Ishizuchi Kurocha Yokomineji – Post-Fermented Tea – Loose Leaf
US$10.84Ishizuchi Kurocha Yokomineji is a limited tea that was fermented and matured in the hermitage of Yokomine-ji, the 60th temple of the 88 Shikoku pilgrimage sites. The environment is the closest to Ishizuchi Village where Ishizuchi Kurocha has long been produced. Enjoy its strong sour taste and refreshing clean aftertaste.
Miyazaki Sabo – Three Year Bancha
US$9.42Enjoy this tea from a kettle of boiling water, not with kyusu, for this three year Bancha. Tea stems with leaves grown more than 3 years that were harvested in late autumn and winter, at the highest sugar content level. Then, carefully hand-selected stems are one by one dried and fired with wood. May the firewood aroma bring serenity to your mind.