Arita Sansuien 有田三翠園

Arita Sansuien's focus is sourcing, blending, and finishing high-quality tencha, working both directly with farmers and also buying top-tier tencha at auction, with a focus on hand-picked, honzu-shaded teas. Their unique specialty is their perseveration of the traditional tencha finishing method of gently heating the leaves in a single layer on washi paper heated by binchotan charcoal. Once standard throughout Kyoto, this technique has all but vanished.