I see that you have a Sencha tea. So I was wondering if you may have or know of a Gyokuro , from China? I would also like to find out if there is any Tea grown in North America or for that matter inSouth America as well? I would certainly think that would be possible, as we are pretty much in the same latitudes and have the older mountain ranges (Appalachian range), where there would be more soil development in the eastern part of the USA. I have looked on the net but have'nt come up with any info. So I thought maybe you may know .
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Yes, I did run across a Gyokuro that was being produced in Yunnan, and there are probably more, although I haven't really looked. These are all machine produced tea, and can not compare with the Gyokuro produced in Japan. The Japanese made contracts with a lot of Chinese producers to use their machinery to make Japanese 'style' green tea, which was in turn sold in Japan and exported from Japan as Japanese tea. Now the Japanese machinery has moved to Africa were costs are even lower. There was a lot of conflict about this last year in Kenya. We have this sencha because it is produced by the first company in Chinese to have received international organic certification, and we have carried it for many years.
There is tea being grown in South Carolina and Hawaii. It has yet to distinguish itself.
More than 50% to 60% of all tea imported into the US comes from South America, and a similar percentage of tea imported into Europe comes from Africa. This is not a fact that is highlighted by the international tea business for obvious reasons.
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Your answer to both questions is so interesting. thanks for your reply. Keep up the great work of bringing great teas to the Americas. Your friends John and Elisa
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John and Elisa...nice to have your friendship!
AustinPosted 4 years ago #
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