Wakoucha Tea Bags
Vanilla
Wakoucha Tea Bags
Vanilla
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Vanilla Wakoucha combines Japanese black tea from Amano Seichaen in Minamata with real vanilla beans from Tobase Island, Kumamoto. The tea is grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizer. Vanilla beans make up 20 percent of the blend, bringing a sweet, open aroma to the smooth wakoucha base.
Wakoucha from Minamata, Kumamoto
Twenty percent real vanilla beans from Tobase Island
Sweet aroma with a smooth black-tea finish
The tea bag brings the two Kumamoto ingredients together in a measured proportion.
Details
Origin: Minamata and Tobase Island, Kumamoto, Japan
Producer: Amano Seichaen
Cultivation: No pesticides or chemical fertilizer
Blend: Japanese black tea and 20% vanilla beans
Format: Tea bags
For Trade
Further Reading
Wakoucha and Vanilla from Kumamoto
Two Kumamoto Ingredients
Real vanilla beans from Tobase Island make up twenty percent of this blend. They meet wakoucha from Minamata in the same prefecture, placing both the tea and the vanilla within Kumamoto.
The beans are part of the material composition, not a trace of flavoring. Hot water releases their aroma immediately. The wakoucha supplies the body required to carry it through the finish.
Tea Made at Ishitobi
Amano Seichaen grows the base tea on the Ishitobi Plateau, around 630 meters above sea level, without pesticides or chemical fertilizer. Cultivation and tea making are handled by the producer in Minamata.
Wakoucha made by Amano Seichaen has received recognition in Japanese and international tea competitions. In this blend, that tea-making experience appears as a smooth, low-astringency base that remains clear beneath the vanilla.
The awards belong to the producer's teas, not to this flavored blend. The Vanilla Wakoucha is described through its own materials: Minamata black tea and Tobase Island vanilla beans.
Drinking
Heals
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