Founded on May 1, 2016 (the 88th day after the beginning of spring) with the philosophy of “Creating Happiness through Tea,” Chaen Morifuku was established.
Located in Wazuka, Kyoto, an area blessed with an ideal environment for cultivating tea trees, we strive to produce delicious tea by preserving and passing down traditional techniques that have continued from the past to the present.
Our tea fields lie on mountain slopes, surrounded by refreshing air, limited sunlight, large temperature
differences between day and night, well-drained terrain, and fertile soil.
Cultivating tea trees in such conditions requires tremendous effort, yet we believe it is precisely this environment that allows us to grow the finest tea
leaves that can be produced nowhere else.
The tea leaves harvested from our mountain tea fields are characterized by their refreshing taste, gentle aroma, and soft texture.To bring out the natural quality of the raw leaves, we craft our tea using Japan’s traditional green tea method known as the “light-steaming process (Asamushi Seihō)”.
In cultivating our tea trees, we do not use pesticides, and instead manage fertilization with only high-quality organic fertilizers, always striving to produce tea that is both delicious and healthy for the body.
Tea production in Wazuka has started in the Kamakura period (1192 – 1333) and has enjoyed an 800-year history as one of the main production areas of Uji tea. Tea field in Wazuka is located at misty mountain escarpment where is not suitable for mass production.Here is very good environmental for cultivating tea but working here is very hard. Nowadays,almost half of Uji tea is producing in Wazuka.
Japan heritage tea field
(Ishidera area)
Asaka imperial mausoleum
(Shirasu area)