SAN | ceramic gallery and tea smuggling – San

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japanese teas

matcha and other powders

pu-erh teas

Discovery sets

Japanese teas

Steeped in tradition and innovation, Japan produces some of the finest teas on the planet. Discover the world of small-scale farming and dedicated growers, one garden at a time.

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Matcha Kiwamecha

Matcha Seijyu

Matcha Yamenotsuyu

(Limited) Gyokuro 2021

sencha Ritual futsumushi Kawane Yabukita tag

Sencha Ritual

sencha sunlight yabukita shikoku tag

Sencha Sunlight

sencha whispers yabukita shikoku tag

Sencha Whispers

sencha MEADOW Meiryoku Uji tag

Sencha Meadow

Matcha

Tradition & Craftmanship - Yoshida-san makes no compromises on the quality of his matcha. From his gardens in Ogura area (Uji, Kyoto), he produces some of the finest teas in Japan.

matcha gokō

Matcha Uji Hikari

MATCHA YOSHIDA

Selected with care

From award-winning productions to rare regional specialties, Japanese tea offers an incredible range of styles and flavours to your tastebuds.

Handmade and unique

Ceramic teaware from world-class artists

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gong fu teapots

gaiwans

Hōhin

From the cave

A collection of aged teas from different styles and eras. Classic pu-erh productions (including factory teas) standing alongside rarer and more artisanal productions. But it's only the best.

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sheng pu-erh cakes

Erosion - 1997 ''Red Mark'' sheng pu-erh

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Landslide - 2000 Bulang sheng pu-erh

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Sediments - 2005 mengsong sheng pu-erh

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Undergrowth - 2007 yiwu sheng pu-erh

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altitude - 2009 Lao Ban Zhang sheng pu-erh

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Elevate your ritual

shou pu-erh tea

Dirty Knees - 1999 Langhe factory shou pu-erh

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muddy lips - 2005 JingGu shou pu-erh

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worm hands - 2004 menghai shou pu-erh

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set of 3 | shou pu-erh

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2006 | northern thailand

2004 | Da Xue Shan, Lincang

2008 | wuliang shan (bamboo basket)

Limited editions

barrel-aged teas and other hand crafted gems

a different taste

Barrel-aged teas

(Limited) Gyokuro 2021

(Limited) 1998 FengQing TF

Sunday morning reads

Tea articles, producers portraits, interviews with clay artists and so on. For anything tea and ceramic related, it's this way.

Articles

Shikoku tea garden Sakawa Kurohara Kochi

Tea Hunting in Shikoku

The once much better-known tea from Kōchi prefecture is now disappearing. On Shikoku Island more than anywhere else in Japan, the aging population struggles to maintain its craft. The market keeps shrinking every year and what youth remains on the island shows no interest in trying to revitalize it. Being a tea farmer on Shikoku is hard work and pays very little money. Nonetheless, there are still pockets of hard-leathered individuals making a living out of it.

Marie Serreau tea bowls

January 5, 2022

Meet the artist: Marie Serreau

INTERVIEW WITH MARIE SERREAU - "Even when I was little, I had already established that clay would be my medium: as far as I can remember, I've always been making little figurines, flowers and other poetic sculptures from clay. I've been a ceramicist since 2002. I like to say I am both a ceramic artist and a humanist. I try my best to add smiles to my daily life."

Ureshino tea garden

October 24, 2021

Ureshino tea

Ureshino has become somewhat of a hotspot for tea tourism in recent years. That is, in part, due to the region holding the title of “birthplace of Japanese tea”, and also because it is home to a special green tea production that’s been winning awards left and right over the last decades.

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