Meet the Producer

Master Omura

Omura san's reputation as a gyokuro grandmaster is not an exaggeration: since he's been perfecting its art for almost 70 years, he's one of the most renowned tea craftsmen in Shizuoka, if not Japan itself. With his gardens located at the base of Mt. Fuji, this terroir produces the beloved genre of honyamacha, or mountain tea. His hongyokuro means it's earned an additional distinction of repute: thick liquid, with a taste not unlike buttered vegetables and soft edamame. His wife stitched the straw shades suspended over the deep green rows. After a seventy year career of singular magnitude, Master Omura made his last Gyokuro in spring of 2021.