Takahashi San Tamaryokucha Powder

Simply put...

A single cultivar [Yabukita] Tamaryokucha powder: a tea specialty of Kyushu.

A beautiful powdered tea which you can enjoy cold or in cooking : wonderful depth fresh grassy leaf tones & umami 

In more depth...

Tea Name : Tamaryokucha

Tea Maker : Mr. Takahashi

Origin : Oita, Western Kyushu island

Size : 5 hectares.

Harvest Time : First Harvest 

Cultivar : Yabukita

Plucking standard : Young leaves from the first harvest. 

Processing : The bright dark green leaves of Tamarayokucha are coiled or ‘curly’ as unlike Sencha they are not rolled into needles during the tea making process  Made from the Yabukita cultivar this tea has its own unique profile.

Experience : Wonderful depth grassy leaf tones & umami  

Last visited : October 2025

How to prepare [FLASK]

Amount of tea per cup (500 ml): 2.5g (one tea caddy spoon)

Temperature of water: COLD

Infusion / brewing time: Place the tea in the water and shake until you have a suspension

Tales of the Tea Trade : Takahashi San

Extract from our Spring 2023 trip : Michelle : We got up early to head to Western Kyushu. Before coming away Tamaryokucha had become one of my daily go-to green teas so we had made it a priority to come & visit Takahashi-San
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The story is a common one in organic agriculture. After attending agricultural college (where he learned to raise pears and grapes & also learned that tea is the least likely crop to fail or be eaten) the father of Takahashi San planted the first tea plants here. One day in the early 1990s when spraying pesticide the hose disconnected and he got covered in it - passing out. After this terrible incident the tea farm turned organic and has never looked back.
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Over 8 hectares 9 cultivars are grown bordered by forest. Nature thrives with birds flying joyfully above the tea bushes, wild strawberries underfoot & frogs, lizards, deer & wild boars making this their home. The style of tea here is Tamaryokucha noticeable by its bright dark green leaves which are coiled or ‘curly’ unlike Sencha
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I asked what the vision for the future was - the answer came ‘to expand organic tea, increase interest of the name Tamaryokucha & improve knowledge of organic cultivation. For this to be possible there is one other key ingredient - young people - ‘we need to get more young people involved in tea - shared Takahashi-San - then there will be a good future here’