Harvest 2026 · North terrace · Field 07
NAGORI grows on a single shaded terrace and is stone-ground the week it is cut. Nothing is blended in. What the ground gives, you taste.
01 · The season
We farm one hillside. In spring the new leaves come up under reed shade for three weeks, which slows them down and pushes the sweetness up into the leaf. We cut the first flush by hand, steam it the same morning, and grind it slow on granite so it never warms.
One field means one flavor a year. A wet spring reads as broth and cut grass. A bright one reads as snap peas and warm stone. We do not correct it. We put the year in a tin.
02 · Provenance
The terrace faces the morning, catches three hours of low light, then falls into shade. Fog sits in the valley until nine. The soil is weathered granite over old clay, which drains fast and keeps the roots hungry. Hungry roots make a smaller leaf, and a smaller leaf carries more of the field.
We do not spray and we do not blend. Every tin is one cut from one terrace, and the flavor changes with the weather the way a vintage does. We think that is the point.
03 · The ritual
Four moves, about two minutes. The whole thing is muscle memory by the end of the first tin.
Push two scoops through a fine strainer into a warm, dry bowl. This is the difference between silk and grit.
Add a splash of water just off the boil, about seventy degrees. Too hot scorches the leaf and turns it bitter.
Hold the bowl and whisk in a fast W until the surface lifts into a fine, even foam. Thirty seconds, no circles.
Fill the bowl, watch the color settle, and drink it while it is hot. The last sip should taste like the first.
04 · The tins
Cut once, ground the same week, sold until it runs out. When a tin is gone it is gone until spring.
Tin 01 · Ceremonial · Asahi
The whole reason we farm. Bright, thick, faintly sweet, no bitterness to hide. Made to drink with nothing but water.
Tin 02 · Ceremonial · Okumidori
Our everyday ceremonial. Same field, a later cut, a little more green snap.
Tin 03 · Culinary · Yabukita
Built for milk and heat. Holds its color in a latte and its own in a cake.
Kit 04 · Complete
One tin, a bamboo whisk, a sifter, and a bowl. Everything to make the ritual right.
What is in the tin
Shade-grown green tea, stone-ground. That is the entire list.