Ojiya Sobacha | Pesticide and artificial fertiliser free | 2024

小千谷 蕎麦茶

Sobacha from specially selected large buckwheat grains grown in Ojiya, Niigata, without any use of pesticides or artificial fertilisers (JAS certified).
Slowly roasted in an old fashioned way, emphasizing warm aromas while brewing a clear and calming nut-like sweet tea – naturally free of caffeine.

granola – puffed rice – caramelised shoyu

Description

Description | 詳細

Ojiya Sobacha is grown and produced by Ichikara-batake, a small independent buckwheat – or, in Japanese, soba – farm and producer headed by the young Mr Yoshida.

Mr Yoshida and his team specialize in cultivating buckwheat fields on reclaimed farmland surrounding Ojiya town in Niigata prefecture with an explicit aim to grow local soba varietals as close to natural conditions as possible. All of their fields are moreover certified organic by the Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) with no pesticides or artificial fertiliser being used at all – a rare sight still today among soba growers in Japan.

Made of pure buckwheat grains, and as such naturally free of caffeine, Sobacha makes an ideal evening companion – or simply a gentle and calming cup at any time of the day.

Tea trees | 茶樹

Cultivar: Kitawase

Cultivation method: pesticide and artificial fertiliser free (JAS certified)

Fertilisation: housemade compost and manure from organic chickens in Niigata Prefecture

Harvest: August 2024

Producer | 生産者

Ichikara-batake under the leadership of Mr Yoshida

Origin | 産地

Ojiya in Niigata, Japan

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