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Yame Tea

Fukuoka · Yame · Craft Experiences

Japanese name: 八女茶の里

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Yame Tea
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WHAT TO DOYame Tea

First in Japan for gyokuro. The traditional hon-gyokuro of Hoshino village.

WHEREFukuoka

Chikugo · Yame

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First in Japan for gyokuro. The traditional hon-gyokuro of Hoshino village.

About this place

Yamecha is a type of tea produced in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It is cultivated in Yame-shi and its surrounding areas: Chikugo-shi, Hirokawa-cho, Ukiha-shi, and Asakura-shi. Yamecha makes up about 3% of Japan's green tea production and about 45% of Japan's gyokuro production on an annual basis. It is highly prized and one of the first regions in Japan to grow tea. The first tea plant in Yame was imported from China by a Zen priest named Eirin Suzui.

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