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When is the new harvest of tea sold?

Written on April 17, 2023

From around May to July depending on supplies, you can purchase our freshly harvested sencha Shincha and our New Harvest Matcha, which are both produced solely from that year’s harvest.

The rest of our regular, year-round selection of teas are blended from different harvests of different farms and different years. Our goal for each of these blends is to produce a consistent character, within a narrow range of variation.

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