Turning the produce you bring us
into tea that tastes good.
You supply the raw materials. We take care of drying, blending, prototyping and tea bag filling. "The ingredients are decided, but the flavor isn't" — that is a fine place to start.
You can ask us for flavor development alone
Contract processing and recipe development for those who already have raw materials.
Order just the flavor work
How to combine things so the tea tastes good when you drink it — you can ask us for that part alone. If your blend is already set, we can also handle just the blending and filling.
Send it to us straight from the harvest
We receive produce fresh and set the drying temperature and time for each item. We accept from 10 kg. The drying equipment is our own.
When one ingredient isn't enough, we add to it
Sometimes the ingredient alone tastes watery, or it has aroma but no body. In those cases we round it out with dried vegetables, dried fruit or base teas from our stock.
A Kujo green onion tea was recognized at the Nihoncha AWARD.
We were involved in its development. We have also made vegetable teas using Kyoto vegetables and fruit teas using dried fruit. Turning vegetables into tea and taking it all the way to something that tastes good — that is our strength.
5 typesVegetable teas made with Kyoto vegetables
5 typesFruit tea
Around 100Stock ingredients available for blending
Flavor is decided in this order
"Made with local ingredients" alone won't get anyone to pour a second cup. We take on the four steps needed to make a cup people actually want to drink.
01
First, put into words how you want it to taste
Clean. Toasty. A lingering sweetness. We describe how the finished tea should drink before anything else. If this stays vague going into prototyping, there is no way to judge what works and the number of rounds just keeps growing.
02
Change the drying method and see how the aroma comes out
Even with the same ingredient, temperature and time change the aroma and astringency. We test different conditions on the material you send and pick the one that best brings out its character.
03
Decide what to pair it with
When the main ingredient falls short on its own, we build structure by adding a base tea such as Japanese black tea, hojicha, green tea or rooibos, or another ingredient. Whether to make it caffeine-free is also decided at this step.
04
Taste and refine
We prototype several patterns with different ratios and narrow them down by actually drinking them. Prototypes can be made in small quantities.
Raw materials you can bring
These are the categories of items we have handled so far. For anything not listed, we can judge once we hear about its condition.
Leaf-and-stem vegetable
Kujo green onion, Japanese parsley (seri), shiso (oba)
Aroma is easily lost, so we set the drying method for each item
Root and tuber vegetables
Burdock, carrot, kabocha squash
How far they are dried changes how the sweetness comes through
Fruit
Yuzu, apple, pear, strawberry
Peel and flesh release aroma differently
Herbs & Edible Flowers
Lemongrass, chamomile, rose
Easy ingredients for caffeine-free blends
Grains and beans
Rice, corn, azuki beans, edamame
Ask usThese ingredients get their flavor from roasting. We don't do roasting, so we decide how to proceed after hearing about the condition of the raw material and the finish you are aiming for
What we can't do
It saves time to say this up front. For projects that need these, we will suggest a different approach from the start.
Sourcing raw materials
Please supply your own raw materials. We do not purchase from growing regions or coordinate with producers.
Roasting
We have no roasting equipment. For ingredients that require roasting, let's talk about how to proceed.
Formulations targeting specific components
We do not create formulations aimed at specific amounts of components such as GABA or caffeine.
Recipe development: 150,000 yen
Recipe development
150,000yen / per recipe
Includes a hearing on the target flavor, study of drying conditions and blend design.
Prototyping
Varies with raw materials and number of rounds
One pattern or several. You can start with small quantities
Full production
Quoted per bag
Calculated from the finalized raw materials and packaging
Minimum lot
From 500 tea bags
Supplied raw materials from 10 kg. The minimum can also shift depending on bag specifications
Period
As fast as 2 weeks
Varies with the number of prototype rounds and when raw materials arrive
If your blend is already decided, there is no development fee. You supply the raw materials and we handle only blending and filling.
Which route to take
The starting point depends on whether you already have raw materials.
Tea Recipe Development
This page
- Raw materials
- Supplied by you
- What you can ask for
- Flavor development and contract processing
- Best for
- Those with produce from their own farm or region
- Minimum lot
- 500 tea bags / 10 kg raw material
Tea OEM service
Separate page
- Raw materials
- Proposed from our stock
- What you can ask for
- Full-service production of original products
- Best for
- Those who want to decide together, starting from the ingredients
- Minimum lot
- 500 tea bags
Nine questions show which steps you need
You'll see right away what we handle and what you would prepare yourself. Specifications and quantities can still be undecided.
From inquiry to delivery
Inquiries
Knowing two things — the raw material and roughly when you want the product ready — helps things move quickly.
Consultation
By phone or online, we ask about the raw material, target flavor, expected quantity and timing.
Prototyping
We receive your raw material, test drying conditions and send you prototypes in different patterns.
Full production
Once the blend is settled, we provide a quote and proceed to filling and packaging.
FAQ
Here are questions we often receive.
Download the tea OEM brochure
We will send the materials to your email address based on the information you provide.