ORIGIN LEAF JAPAN
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Origin, Farmers and the Tea Industry
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Beyond Uji: Discovering Japan's Lesser-Known Matcha RegionsUji is famous, but Japan's matcha comes from many regions, including Nishio, Kagoshima, Shizuoka, Fukuoka, and Mie. Learn how each differs and why origin matters to buyers.
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Suzuka, Mie: The Origin Behind Our MatchaDiscover Suzuka in Mie Prefecture, the origin of Origin Leaf Japan's single-origin, first-flush matcha: climate, tea heritage, and how our farm-to-cup supply chain works.
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The Hidden World of Japanese Tea Farmers: What Growers Rarely Talk AboutInside a Japanese tea farmer's year: frost nights, shading decisions, round-the-clock processing in harvest season, tencha auctions, and why the name on a matcha tin is rarely the farmer's.
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Who Will Grow Japan's Tea? The Succession Crisis on Japanese Tea FarmsJapan's tea fields are disappearing as farmers age without successors. Shizuoka lost 1,200 hectares of tea fields in 2025 alone. What the data shows and what it means for matcha supply.
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From Japanese Tea Farm to Your Café: The Journey of a Matcha OrderFollow matcha from a Japanese tea field to an overseas café: harvest, tencha processing, cold storage, milling to order, packing, export documentation, customs and delivery.
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How Japanese People See the Global Matcha BoomSome Japanese people are uneasy about sugary matcha drinks and empty shelves in Uji; others see a chance to revive the tea industry and bring new ways of enjoying matcha home to Japan.
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