Matcha comes home to China

China is the birthplace of tea and its biggest producer in the world. Aiya started searching for and investing in suitable sites throughout Southern, Eastern and Central China in the 1990s.

About ingredient tea, Tencha.

The material exclusively used for making Matcha is called tencha which is made out of tea leaves that grow under protection from sunlight by black screen reed curtains and straws. Tencha has a deep green color, and a special sweet aroma, and an enduring sophisticated charm.

Tencha has come to China

Tencha plantations had disappeared in China. However, through Japanese technical guidance and support in fertilizing, pest control, and sunlight protection, along with Chinese locals great efforts, high quality tencha is being produced and continues to improve. These innovative and best practice cultivation processes are spreading across China.