Japanese teas of 1st flush have come to be sold in various shops, including online too.
In tea shops, we can enjoy tasting or communication with staffs in addition to tea shopping.

Loving teas as I do, it is very excited to talk about tea with shop masters, for example tea terroir, evaluation of each day trade, the best processing condition suit to one cultivar in this year, and so on.

In the urban area such as Tokyo or Kanagawa, many shops sell 1st flush teas.

A tea store “Ejima” in Odawara, Kanagawa pref. sells 1st flush teas produced in Kakeawa region in Shizuoka.

A tea shop in Tokyo has started to sell 1st flush teas from the middle of April. The explanation about “Kondo Wase” cultivar in front of the tea cafe restaurant “Cha Cha no Ma” in Omotesando, Tokyo.

Of course, tea stores in Shizuoka has started to sell 1st flush teas from the end of April.

Not only in tea shops, 1st flush teas are sold in other places such as rest areas on highway.

Each tea shop has their characteristic feature of flavor. For example, I prefer to the characteristic roasty sweet aroma of teas produced by Sagara Bussan co. ltd.

When you like to taste 1st flush of Japanese tea, please search “Shizuoka tea” in Amazon. Amazon.com, Amazon.uk, Amazon.au provides fine Japanese teas produced in Shizuoka. I’d like to recommend Shizuoka teas produced and presented by Ejima, which are able to buy in Amazon.com.

Enjoying 1st flush teas provides me a special satisfaction.

The green fresh aroma specific to 1st flush is limited in this season.
Hopefully you would enjoy the specific flavor of 1st flush teas.