Direct from producer
We source directly from named single-producer estates in Shizuoka. No anonymous wholesale chain, no auction-anonymity, no markup beyond ours. Every lot is traceable to a grower with a face and a name.
Japanese Tea Wholesale · Matcha · Sparkling Tea · Yaizu, Shizuoka · Est. 1876
A 150-year tea house
A 150-year tea house
built for the dining table.
Sparkling tea by the case · First-flush matcha by the kilogram · Tea ingredients for restaurants, importers, and beverage programs.
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Indicative Pricing
Wholesale pricing on request.
Indicative wholesale pricing is available for matcha, sencha, gyokuro, craft sparkling tea, and tea ingredients.
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Craft Sparkling Tea
Three teas, three tables.
Lacto-fermented in Yaizu. 200ml glass bottles. Built to occupy the role of dry champagne, refined sake, or sparkling rosé — depending on what is on the plate.
Flagship · Pair with red meat
bodhi
With roast beef. With aged duck. With anything that wants champagne.
A lacto-fermented sparkling tea built on Bodai-Sancha — leaves from the Bodai district of Fukuroi, Shizuoka, fermented under our patented anaerobic method (JP Patent No. 7085174). Dry, mineral, with the structure of vintage champagne. Zero alcohol. Zero added sugar.
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Citrus · Pair with shellfish, sushi
Yuzu Sencha
With oysters. With white-fish sashimi. With anything raw and clean.
Kochi yuzu, traditionally regarded as one of Japan's most aromatic citrus varieties, meets single-origin sencha as the sparkling base. Bright, aromatic, and mineral — the natural pairing for shellfish, raw fish, and Japanese cuisine.
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Wakocha · Pair with cheese, charcuterie
Apple Wakocha
With aged cheese. With prosciutto. Like a dry sparkling rosé.
Japanese black tea (wakocha) from a JAS-certified organic grower (Matsuda Farm), carbonated with a touch of apple essence. Amber in the glass, dry on the palate — built for charcuterie, hard cheeses, and the broader European table. Final sparkling tea product is not JAS-certified.
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The Story Behind bodhi
One minute — a rare Japanese
One minute — a rare Japanese
lacto-fermented sparkling tea.
Filmed for our overseas presentations: the philosophy, the place, the process, the bottle. From the Bodai district of Fukuroi to the dining tables it now reaches.
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Why Buy From Us
Five reasons specialty buyers partner with Nagamine.
The fundamentals that distinguish a 150-year tea house from auction-dependent traders.
First-flush matcha & gyokuro, contracted supply
Our matcha and gyokuro lines are first-flush (ichibancha) only, contracted with growers ahead of harvest. Supply is reserved — not auction-dependent — so wholesale partners can plan against stable allocation.
Master-blender finishing
Every wholesale lot is finished by a three-time Highest Gold Prize blender at the Shizuoka Tea Refining Competition. The same hand that wins the prize finishes what we ship abroad.
Compliance & documentation
Lot-level reports and JAS/FDA facility documentation are available on request, depending on current test status. Our facility is FDA-registered; registration details available to qualified buyers.
Built for long-term wholesale
Seven directly operated retail stores in Japan inform our wholesale selections with constant end-customer feedback. We are structured for relationships measured in years, not single shipments.
Who This Is For
Built for serious wholesale partners.
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Specialty Tea Importers
Looking for single-producer matcha and gyokuro with documentation and stable allocation. We work with wholesale partners in 4 countries (US, Canada, Thailand, Poland) and have active conversations in 3 more (UK, Philippines, Australia).
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Premium Cafés & Matcha Bars
Need small-lot Japanese matcha at consistent quality, year-round. Our Sugayama-en, Maruo Seicha, and Ikeda-en selections cover straight tasting, premium latte, and café beverage programs.
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Restaurant Beverage Programs
Looking for non-alcoholic pairings of fine-dining caliber. bodhi and the sparkling tea line are designed to occupy the role of dry champagne.
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Hotel & Bar Programs
Building a non-alcoholic offering with provenance and story. Single-master gyokuro and craft sparkling tea give your program a Japan-led depth.
Samples
Talk to us about samples.
Samples are arranged individually depending on inquiry. Please use the Contact form to tell us about your business and what you are looking for; we send indicative pricing, MOQ, and available lots within two business days.
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Wholesale MOQ: Tea 1 kg / Matcha 1 kg / Sparkling 1 case
Our lineup
The lineup, in detail.
Our work spans craft sparkling tea — with bodhi as the flagship — alongside single-master gyokuro from Japan’s most decorated producer, first-flush matcha from named Shizuoka estates, single-cultivar sencha from trusted growers, and raw ingredients supplied to foodservice and beverage manufacturers worldwide.
Flagship
Beyond commerce
Craft Sparkling Tea
クラフト・スパークリングティー
Three bottled selections, with bodhi — our lacto-fermented sparkling tea — as the flagship. Joined by Yuzu Sencha and Apple Wakocha. Built to occupy the role of dry champagne at the dining table.
Explore the range MasterGyokuro
玉露 · 前島東平作
Hand-picked single-master gyokuro from a twice winner of the Minister of Agriculture Award — Japan’s highest national tea honour.
Read the master’s storyMatcha 2026
抹茶 · 一番茶被覆碾茶
Five named-producer selections, all made from first-flush shade-grown tencha. Small-lot Shizuoka matcha for straight tasting, premium latte, and café programs, with no anonymous bulk sourcing.
See the lineupSingle-Cultivar Sencha
単一品種煎茶 · 篤農家直送
Our flagship sencha is Chiran Asatsuyu — a kabuse fukamushicha from Kagoshima, often called “natural gyokuro.” Joined by Triple-Platinum Tsuyuhikari (Ikeda-en, Shizuoka) and Tenku Farm withering-aroma sencha. The breadth of Japanese tea, beyond what organic alone can express.
Read the Asatsuyu storyB2B Ingredients
業務用原料
First-flush tencha matcha, hojicha powder, and our lacto-fermented Bodai-Sancha for foodservice and beverage manufacturing.
View ingredientsWild Tea — Mt. Takakusa Restoration
高草紅茶 · 自然栽培 · 焼津
Two restored hillside fields on Mount Takakusa, Yaizu. Yabukita black tea and a native-cultivar field over 140 years old, tended without pesticide or fertiliser. Award-winning at the 2024 Owariasahi Domestic Black Tea Grand Prix. We do not sell these teas at scale — we restore them as our way of honouring the lineage of Yaizu’s tea growers.
Read the Wild Tea story
明治九年創業 · 焼津
Heritage
From Yaizu to the world,
From Yaizu to the world,
since 1876.
Yokichi Tatara was twenty when he began shipping hand-rolled tea from Shimizu port to Yokohama, and onward by steamship to America. Five generations later, that founding orientation — tea as an export, crafted for distant tables — is once more at the front of the house. Today we ship matcha, sparkling tea, gyokuro, and ingredient powders to four countries across three continents, with active conversations in three more.
Awards & People
The hands that finish every lot.
A Japanese tea merchant’s craft is in the finishing — the blending, the aging, the final cup. Two people define our standard.
Master Blender · Fifth Generation
Takayuki Tatara
Highest Gold Prize, three times.
Shizuoka Tea Refining Competition
The fifth generation of the Tatara house. Selects raw leaf at auction, blends across estates, refines the final cup — the work of a Japanese tea merchant. His hand finishes every lot we ship abroad.
Single-Master Grower · Gyokuro
Tohei Maejima
Minister of Agriculture Award, twice.
Japan’s highest national tea honour
Hand-picked, honzu canopy-grown gyokuro in the traditional method. We are the sole overseas wholesaler of his work — small lots, single-grower, irreplaceable.
Export Markets
Wholesale relationships in four countries, open to all regions.
Our wholesale trade today reaches buyers across North America, Asia, and Europe. New partners welcome in all regions — we are especially open to Southeast Asia, Northern Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Wholesale partners
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United States
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Canada
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Thailand
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Poland
Active B2B conversations
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United Kingdom
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Philippines
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Australia
ยินดีต้อนรับลูกค้าจากประเทศไทย — We welcome business partners from Thailand.
Begin Here
The simplest way to start: email Takayuki.
Tell us your country, business type, and what you are looking for. We send indicative pricing, MOQ, and available lots within two business days. Samples are arranged individually based on inquiry.
takayuki@nagamine-seicha.co.jp · replies in English within two business days, Tokyo time