Japanese Green Tea

Because our tea is shipped directly from the Hibiki-an farm in Uji, we can offer you the freshest and highest quality tea for the lowest possible price. Online direct sales enable us to offer you a lower price by eliminating the extra costs associated with wholesalers and retailers. You will not find a Japanese green tea of this superior quality for a lower price anywhere.
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At our family farm, we gather tea leaves two to five times per year for sale in Japan. But all of the tea sold at our website store, Hibiki-an, is Ichiban Cha -- the first pick.
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Tea grown in Uji and Kyoto is famous because of the history and traditions which began in the area over 1,000 years ago. Also it's the perfect climate for growing tea.
The tea industry in Uji, Kyoto have historically produced high quality tea sot that the various expertise regarding high quality tea has accumulated in Uji, Kyoto for long time.
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All of Hibiki-anfs tea leaves are grown only in the Uji region of Kyoto, Japan.
Though Uji tea is very precious and envied, it represents only about 3 to 5 percent of all Japanese tea. The Kyoto Tea Cooperative Association does allow Kyoto tea to be mixed with teas of similar flavor and quality from surrounding areas of Kyoto, as long as it is less than half of the tea mixture. However, Hibiki-an does not mix our teas with teas from other regions. The excellent flavor of Hibiki-anfs top grade Uji teas can only be created in Uji, not by mixing teas with the surrounding regions. Therefore, all of the teas sold at Hibiki-an are grown only in Uji.

Once you order usually the merchandise will usually reach you in 5 to 10 days from Kyoto, Japan. The shipping time is different for each destination, depending on the postal service and customs condition in each country. Although it is infrequently that customs check our shipment to you, in this case, it will need about another one week.

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We, Hibiki-an ship worldwide directly from Uji in Kyoto, Japan where we are located. Therefore we are not imposed any taxes (eg; Sales tax, Consumption Tax, etc.) by the Japanese Administration or the governments of any other countries. It is NOT necessary that you pay any taxes when you place an order with us. However if you live in a country that happens to impose a customs duty on tea leaves or our other products, you may have to pay a customs duty.

Many countries (eg; US, UK, Canada, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore etc.) don't impose custom duties on Japanese tea leaves. Customs duties vary depending on your country. If you have to pay a custom duty, you will be required to pay the duty when you receive your order. For more information regarding Rates of Custom Duties on Tea Leaves, please consult "Shipping & Returns".

We recommend you pay by credit card. But the on line credit card verification system is infrequently fragile due to the congestion, imperfect cooperation, and so on.
When you are completely unable to order by credit card, if you have an account at 'Paypal', we are also exceptionally able to receive a payment with 'Paypal.' Please let us know the items, each quantity, and delivery address that you need. Then we let you know details to order.

When you forget your password, you can easily request a new one. Just click on the link "Password forgotten? Click here." The new password will be sent to your email address registered to our web site. Then, you can also change the password to one that you will easily remember. For more information, please consult "Conditions of Use".

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Please consult "How to Enjoy Green Tea".

Please consult "How to Enjoy Green Tea".

Please consult "How to Enjoy Green Tea".

We offer wholesale prices to restaurants, cafes, and tea shops like below. Green tea sold at retail shops is often dry, stale and flavorless because of poor quality control standards. We have very high quality control standards from our farm to your doorstep. To ensure that our customers consistently receive a fresh and high quality product, we unfortunately cannot sell to wholesalers, or internet retail stores.
If you are a regional retailer who would like to sell high-quality Japanese tea, and are willing to keep our tea in excellent condition, we would certainly consider selling our tea to you wholesale and provide you with instructions on how to properly store the tea to retain its quality and freshness.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Can you please let us know details of your demands (Kinds of tea, Quantity etc.) and your business (style, location etc.)?