What is "Kamairicha"?

Unlike regular green tea, which is processed by steaming, this tea is made by roasting the tea leaves in a pot heated over an open flame.

Hand-made pan-fried tea is a very rare tea, with only a very small amount being produced in Japan today.

How "Kamairicha" is made, all by hand

The tea leaves are hand-picked one by one

Taking into consideration the seasonal temperature and the condition of the tea leaves, we hand-pick the ingredients that will best suit the tea we want to make. We are able to carefully select "only the best quality leaves" to use as ingredients.

Roasting in a pot creates a unique aroma.

This is a handmade kettle. Firewood is placed inside the brick base, the iron pot is heated, and the tea leaves are roasted by hand.

This produces tea with a unique aroma called "kamaka."

Delicate manual roasting process

The tea making process (processing raw tea leaves into tea) is a delicate art that involves countless elements , such as the temperature and time at which the tea leaves are heated, the rolling to distribute the moisture evenly, and the final heating temperature. Please enjoy the taste of each production lot.

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We were interviewed about the making of Kamairi tea

Viktoriia, a Russian YouTuber with over 1.3 million subscribers, visited Yame Wanihachi tea plantation and interviewed us about tea picking and roasting. *Japanese subtitles available
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