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www.hibiki-an.com

Genuine Japanese green tea shipped worldwide directly from our tea farm in Kyoto, Japan. We sell organic teas, tea leaves, matcha, teapots and cups, gift sets and much more!

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A long time ago in ancient Japan, green tea was considered a precious medicine. With the advent of new harvesting and processing techniques, it soon became the countryâ€™s most popular beverage. Today, green tea is enjoyed around the world for many reasons. Thanks to a wide variety of foods and nutritional information now available, people are more selective about what they chose to eat and drink. Because of this, people are choosing to enjoy the healthful benefits and wonderfully fresh flavor of Japanese green tea.

Hibiki-an is surrounded by the rolling hills of Uji, in the ancient city of Kyoto, where the Japanese tradition of green tea began over 1,000 years ago. Today, in Japan, when people think of high quality green tea, they think of Uji. The misty climate, sloping hills, warm days and cool nights provide an ideal setting for tea plants to thrive. If you take a train to Kyoto, you will pass many beautiful green tea farms in Uji, and you can sample the wide variety of delicious green teas that are available at specialty shops and restaurants in the area.

In the past, it was nearly impossible to distribute fresh green tea outside Japan, because it was more difficult to preserve than black tea or Chinese green tea.

But now, you can experience the taste and health benefits of fresh Japanese green tea anywhere in the world! All of our teas are grown, harvested and packaged right here on our family tea farm in Uji. Through meticulous quality control procedures, we have made it possible for international customers to receive fresh green tea in excellent condition.

Online direct sales enable us to offer you a lower price by eliminating the extra costs associated with wholesalers and distributors. You will not find a Japanese green tea of this superior quality for a lower price anywhere.

We named our site "Japanese Green Tea Hibiki-an" in wishing that Japanese tea culture will gain more popularity throughout the world. "Hibiki" in Japanese means "touching someone's heart." It brings us great happiness to know that Japanese tea culture can touch people's hearts around the world.

Please visit our tea shop: www.hibiki-an.com

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My Interests

Japanese green tea, organic green tea, gyokuro, sencha, matcha, teapots, ceramic art, farming, gardening, creating new recipes with green tea such as green tea ice cream, and other desserts,
and iced green tea.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who loves green tea! ♥

Heroes:

Eisai - a Buddhist monk who popularized the idea of tea drinking in Japan around A.C. 1191. He also wrote the first Japanese book about tea.

Sen no Rikyu - created the Japanese Tea Ceremony around A.C. 1560.

Soen Nagatani - around A.C. 1738 he developed a new process of steam drying tea leaves. The new process resulted in fresh and flavorful green tea. It quickly replaced the traditional method of roasting and drying tea leaves in Japan.

My Blog

What is Shincha?

In Japan, we have the tradition of celebrating Shincha, the first tea of the year, also known as Ichibancha. Similar to the Beaujolais Nouveau of French wine, the name Shincha celebrates the first tea...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:12:00 PST

NEW! Houjicha Karigane Tea

This Houjicha Karigane is made from the stems of high grade tea leaves and roasted in the same way as standard Houjicha. (For roasting process of Houjicha, click here.) In contrast to the refreshing a...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:44:00 PST

SHOAMI Hohin Blue & White Porcelain Tea Set

(SHOAMI Hohin tea set (handcrafted Tea Set) US$265.00)http://www.hibiki-an.com/product_info.php/cPath/23 /products_id/470Hohin is a Kyusu without a handle and is used to brew only the highest grade ofU...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:43:00 PST

Handcrafted Kyo-Yaki tea ware - Limited edition

Do you know "Kyo-Yaki"? It means Kyoto style ceramic art, and is the most sought-after ceramic tea ware in all of Japan. We added three kinds of handcrafted Kyo-Yaki tea ware, Kyusu, Matcha Bowl, and ...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:43:00 PST

New Tasting Sets & Cherry Blossom Kyusu

[New Tasting Sets]We added two new Tasting Sets, Organic Tea Tasting Set and Genmai-Houji Tasting Set to our line of teas. For both Tasting Sets, we chose and combined some of our most popular green t...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:26:00 PST

Ocha Tsubo Dohtyu

Ocha Tsubo Dohtyu (Journey of bestowing tea leaves harvested in Uji to the SHOGUN)http://www.hibiki-an.com/readings/history-of-green-te a.html#4Do you know "Ocha Tsubo Dohtyu"? The tea jars filled up w...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:31:00 PST

Valentines Day Gifts

Have you chosen a Valentine's Day gift for your loved ones? In Japan, green tea is often presented as a gift because it symbolizes a wish of good health and longevity. This tradition of g...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:05:00 PST

Gold Constellated Matcha Bowl (Limited edition)

Do you know YURIKINSAI? It means 'Highlighted by gold under the glaze.' We added three kinds of YURIKINSAI matcha bowls to our line-up only for the duration of this summer and received a greater reput...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:47:00 PST

New Teacups just in time for Christmas!

Do you know Kyo-Yaki? Kyo-Yaki means Kyoto style ceramic art. We have added three new Kyo-Yaki teacups just in time for the winter holidays! Kyoto was the capital of Japan for a long time. Therefore...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

New tea recipes - Matcha Dorayaki & Manjyu

We are pleased to inform you that we have added some new tea recipes - Matcha Dorayaki and Matcha Nuts Manjyu. Hope you'll try once and enjoy them. Do you know Wagashi? Wagashi means traditional ...
Posted by Green Tea Hibiki-an on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:30:00 PST