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Wakōcha

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April 2025 – Wakōcha from Murakami

April 2025 – Wakōcha from Murakami

This month, we present a Wakōcha (和紅茶), a Japanese black tea from Murakami (村上), produced by the same grower as our March tea. Tea plantation. Photo by courtesy of the tea producer: Fujimien (冨士美園) Japanese Black Tea, Rediscovered The term Wakōcha (和紅茶) literally means "Japanese black tea." It refers to

August 2023 – Wakōcha from Shinshiro, in Aichi

August 2023 – Wakōcha from Shinshiro, in Aichi

This month we selected a Japanese black tea, called Wakōcha (和紅茶) in Japanese, of Shinshiro City (新城) in the prefecture of Aichi (愛知). Photograph courtesy of Suzuki Seicha Wakōcha – Black Tea Wakōcha has been on the rise in Japan in recent years. Japanese tea producers who until recently only produced

December 2018 – Wakōcha from Toyama

December 2018 – Wakōcha from Toyama

For the very first time, Tomotcha has selected a Wakōcha (和紅茶), that is to say a Japanese black tea. It comes from the city of Toyama (富山), in the prefecture of Toyama (富山). Wakōcha - Japanese Black Tea It's interesting to me, because it is called black tea among Westerners,