小島製茶 やまへい

It's almost time. The most electric season on the Uji tea farm is nearly here — the hand-picking harvest. Walking between the rows of tea bushes, the new shoots are already emerging. Pale, translucent green, impossibly tender. They sway gently in the breeze, and it's hard not to feel a quiet excitement just standing among them. Hand-picking reaches a place that machines simply cannot. The softness of a shoot between your fingertips, the faint sound of each pluck, the fresh, grassy scent that...

Tucked beside the emerald rice paddies of Ubud, Chon Tea is a cafe that feels quietly extraordinary. Warm timber frames the view outside, and the hush of the surrounding fields drifts gently into the space. Chon Tea uses premium matcha from Kojima Seicha, our family tea company. Served over ice in a simple tumbler, the deep, vivid green of the matcha drink seems to echo the landscape beyond the window — as if the field itself found its way into the glass. Alongside it, a sparkling matcha...

As the gentle warmth of spring fills the air, we’re happy to announce that our tea-picking season has officially begun for 2025! We are...