Teas & Beverages

During the fall in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, the Nagata family turns 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 Nagatas carefully select 40% medium 3-yr, 40% thick 10-yr, 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 drunk even at night. Haiku Twig Tea teabags are always two full grams of 100% Nagata Japanese Organic Kukicha Tea, the finest quality in the world. Try it and you will understand why true connoisseurs of Japanese twig tea will drink nothing else.

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In the early spring, farmers in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, cover the tender young leaves with bamboo screens to protect them from the afternoon sun. While most farmers use these shade-grown leaves to produce Matcha, the green tea powder used in the tea ceremony, the Nagata family processes these prized leaves into Sencha, the highest quality leaf. The bud and top two leaves are cut, steamed, rolled into tight curls, dried slowly in ovens, then packed to seal in the fresh taste and aroma of just-picked tea. In order to insure the richest, most authentic green tea flavor, Haiku Green Tea teabags are always two full grams of 100% Nagata Japanese Organic Sencha Tea, the finest quality in the world. True connoisseurs of Japanese green tea will drink nothing else.

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By early summer in the Uji district, traditional center of the Japanese tea industry, tea leaves grow too large and coarse for the Nagata family to make into Sencha. The Nagatas steam these leaves to prevent fermentation, mix them with volcanic sand, and roast them in revolving ovens to make Hojicha. The sand, later removed, helps the leaves roast slowly and evenly. Roasting further neutralizes the leaves already weak astringent and stimulating qualities (tea leaves contain less caffeine as they grow older)and gives this 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 it and you will understand why true connoisseurs of Japanese roasted green tea will drink nothing else.

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Nagata Japanese Organic Sencha Green Tea, Organic Spearmint, Organic Peppermint, and Organic Lemongrass make our own distinctive version of the traditional North African favorite.

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Painstakingly crafted by North America's leading tea blender, One World Organic Earl Grey is an exclusive combination of organic Orange Pekoe cut black tea from the Oothu and Korakunda Organic Estates in southern India and the Luponde and Ngome Organic Estates in eastern and southern Africa, flavored with natural oil of bergamot. Developed exclusively for Great Eastern Sun by America's leading natural flavoring company, our natural bergamot oil has no GMO's or GEO's, is not irradiated, and is not extracted using chemical solvents.  

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