As a person who loves tea, I wanted to try another tea product from Tea Kitamura. This time, I’m checking out the Tea Kitamura Japanese Organic Green Tea. Please note, I have tried the Tea Kitamura Organic Matcha Green Tea and there are differences.
I absolutely enjoy Japanese tea and I was quite pleased to see that Tea Kitamura from Nagasaki, Kyushu, would be releasing their tea worldwide via Amazon. Giving ocha lovers the chance to try their delicious, organic tea.
The company was founded in 1954 by Kitamura Chikaji, who would take a rough mountain terrain to cultivate his own tea farm.
But his biggest challenge was when a customer requested him to produce a completely organic tea crop which was unheard of as most tea farmers utilized pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
And while he wanted to take on the challenge, others scoffed at him, because they didn’t think it was possible. But for Kitamura, he wanted to produce a safe tea that his grandchildren can drink.
And it wasn’t an easy success, it took many years of trial and error and now Kitamura Tea Farm has become one of Japan’s most respected producers of certified organic single origin green teas.
In 1995, he was awarded the Japan Agriculture Pioneer Award and in 2012, he was awarded the Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honor by the Japanese emperor.
The company’s teas are also certified organic by the Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
So, the Tea Kitamura Organic Green Tea is presented as 20 tea bags. The flavor is a subtle nuttiness, without the hint of bitterness one may have with matcha green tea. Nor does it have the grassy taste as matcha.
I like both but I do feel the Tea Kitamura Organic Green Tea is one you would probably introduce to people not so familiar with green tea because it has no bitterness.
Overall, this is another high quality tea from Tea Kitamura. The Tea Kitamura Organic Green Tea is highly recommended!
