miyazaki sabo

Ryo Miyazaki, or ‘Cultivar King’, as he is known due to the more than 20 cultivars at Miyazaki Sabo Tea Garden, is a passionate tea farmer.
Miyazaki Sabo is characterised by its focus on traditional tea specialities from the region, including wakocha black tea, sannen bancha and especially kamairicha. A rare style, influenced by Chinese tea making, distinct from other Japanese teas because its leaves are pan-fired in a wok-like pan instead of being steamed.
Due to the high altitude, 600m above sea level, the tea fields have a climate with large temperature differences depending on the time of day and season, and even snow sometimes falls in large quantities in winter despite the southern location.
Miyazaki Sabo boast some of the best award winning all organic tea in Japan. The conversion to organic, pesticide-free cultivation took place in the early 1980s, which means that the farm can be counted among the pioneers of organic cultivation in Japan.