Suikaen Tanimura Yasuburo: Chasen Matcha Whisk, Niji Tsubaki (虹椿) P35 Type: Agriculture Cooperation

Type: Agriculture Cooperation

Name: Mimasaka Bancha

Leaves originally cultivated to be come tencha (the tea leaf used to make matcha) were sundried to make white tea

and is helping to convert tea fields from relatives and retiring farmer friends into organic cultivation

Region: Ariake Town

Suikaen Tanimura Yasuburo: Chasen Matcha Whisk, Niji Tsubaki (虹椿) P35 Type: Agriculture CooperationRainbow colored string combined with a tsubaki (camellia) flower charm. The "white" bamboo used for the whisk itself is henon bamboo (hachiku ) that has had its color removed through traditional, centuries old techniques. A specific type of bamboo grown in the Kinki region of Japan (Nara, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, etc) is harvested in the winter after 2 3 years of growth, boiled to remove oil in the plant, dried in the cold winter air, then aged for