Imanishi Seicha

Tetsuya is a 5th generation tea farmer of Imanishi Seicha which was first started in 1912. Mainly working on tencha, the raw material for matcha, Tetsuya is involved in making sencha, kabusecha, hojicha, and shirocha.
Most of the tea fields managed by Imanishi Seicha are located in Harayama, at the foot of Mount Juho. Wazuka tea has long been cultivated in this area, taking advantage of its favorable weather and soil conditions to cultivate fragrant, high-quality sencha tea. It remains a major tea-producing region, producing roughly half of Uji tea today, and in recent years boasts the nation's top tencha production volume.
They cultivate eight varieties: Zairai (seedling), Yabukita, Meiryoku, Samidori, Saemidori, Okumidori, Sayamakaori, and Gokou.