Welcome to SONO, garden of organic Japanese teas.
We deliver organic Japanese teas from producers to you.
Deep-steamed Sencha – Yame, Fukuoka
US$12.60CHIYONOEN’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$16.97Karigane tea came from Sakamoto Tea Farm in Kagoshima. This year’s blend is stem of Saemidori, Haruto34, and Kirari31.
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 Wakamusha – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$22.10Sakamoto’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$9.43We 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 Chameijin – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$30.55Sakamoto-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.
Miyazaki Sabo – Three Year Bancha
US$10.48Enjoy 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.
Gyokuro Sasahime – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$16.97If 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.
Miyazaki Sabo – Oolong Tea – Spring Harvest – Single Cultivar – Minamisayaka
US$13.05Have you ever tried Japanese oolong tea?
If not, we recommend this tea to taste. The leaves are greenish, like Japanese green tea and Chinese oolong tea.
Minamisayaka, the cultivar developed in Miyazaki, Kyushu Island, gives you sweet and milky fragrance like gardenia.
Once you drink it, you will be surrounded by the flower fragrance for a few hours.
Gyokuro Powder Hime – Ceremonial Grade – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$14.33Haruto34 gyokuro powder. Do you know stems and vain have more amino acids than leaves? This gyokuro powder is ground gyokuro that has vain. Haruto34 is a newly developed cultivar and gives you more sweet and umami taste than Saemidori.
Gyokuro Powder Sae -Ceremonial Grade – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$18.86Bright green gyokuro powder. Saemidori cultivar enhances its color and taste with shade cultivation. The aroma is elegant and the taste is less bitter and rich umami. Please enjoy the flavor you can’t experience in others.
Miyazaki Sabo – Kamairicha – Yabukita
US$13.05Kamairicha – Yabukita is used only first harvest leaves from trees which provide the best taste and fragrance on our farm. Slowly processed young buds with lower temperatures and bring out the fresh leaf flavor and sweetness. Received the Emperor’s Trophy, Minister of Agriculture Forestry Award.
Gyokuro Chamusume – Shibushi, Kagoshima
US$15.09 Sold By: SONO SpecialGyokuro 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.