My Journey of Japanese White Tea – Jeff Cleary

I’m a tea lover that’s thirst for new experience lead me to source tea for myself and eventually as a store. Japanese tea was something I was hesitant about and didn’t find connections for years. After years of searching I found a Japanese farmer who was very inventive and experimental. One day the thought emerged “is there white tea in Japan?” The producer and I began on collaborating to make a white tea, at first test batches were sent and I would taste and discuss what’s good and what could be better. Benifuki white tea was born and I began to learn that it was an exceptional tea that has a lot of potential for the tea industry in Japan.