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This colourful and delicious recipe is packed with vegetables but can also be prepared with chicken. Enjoy it with our Premium Organic Houjicha : JIRO !

A perfect introduction to the world of Gyokuro with Alex. Discover the deep umami and complex notes of SAKI over the many steeps that you will be able to enjoy.

A delicious healthy and easy to prepare pie that will soon be in set in your weekly list. Enjoy it with our shiraore IKKI, sencha MAIKi or koucha CHISEN.

Invigorating the Samurai for helping to focus before the battle, green tea is still the preferred beverage in martial arts for its energizing effects.

Our first teas from the freshly picked first harvest 2020 is now available. Have a look and enjoy our special wrapping.

IKKYU is excited to introduce HAKUSEI, a new premium white tea from Yame.

A visit to a new producer, please welcome Tsuru san and his 100% organic Sencha and Gyokuro.

A rainy Sunday for an exceptional Gyokuro! Soon on sale at IKKYU.

Summer this year is blistering hot throughout the world but did you know that also hot green tea will actually help you handle those scorching days and weeks?

Traceability is key to find excellent green tea from Japan online. Make sure that your supplier is transparent about where their teas come from.

Green tea is brewed in special tea pots made of clay called ‘kyusu’. The potters of Tokoname city make the most famous kyusu of Japan.

Find out which important factors should guide you when choosing your supplier of green tea.

Authentic organic green tea from Japan is a white wolf: everybody’s talking about it, everybody wants it, but it’s rare and challenging to find. Find out why.

We introduce a rare and exceptional green tea, called 'white tea', made in Yame. Delicious taste and increased health benefits: try it out today!

Our team had the great pleasure to introduce a professional buyer from the US to producers in Yame collaborating with IKKYU.

An episode of extreme frost in early April 2018 destroyed large amount of green tea crops in Hoshinomura (Yame), affecting gyokuro production.

The Shincha 2018 is now available and we're all excited about it. The first harvest started earlier than on average, and 2018 is exceptional for green tea.

Matcha is a favorite all around the world. But sometimes, the more simple it is, the better... with the right ingredients of course.

Gen An offers a new way to enjoy green tea in the heart of Shibuya!

IKKYU partner in Chiran (Kagoshima), Nagayama Kazuhiro san, won the Governor Prize of Kagoshima pref. in August 2017 for his sencha. Congratulations!

Takaki san in Yame (Fukuoka) grows a multi-award "dento hon gyokuro", using traditional methods. His 2017 gyokuro is now available!