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EPISODE · May 26, 2026

Kanayamidori: Japan’s High-Catechin Green Tea Cultivar

from Daidokoro - the Japanese kitchen · host pat tokuyama

Most tea drinkers can name Yabukita, but one cultivar quietly earns the respect of Japan’s specialty producers with catechin concentrations among the highest ever recorded in a commercially grown hinshu (品種, cultivar). Kanayamidori is the tea your cup may already know — you just haven’t met it by name yet. In this quick guide, you’ll...

Most tea drinkers can name Yabukita, but one cultivar quietly earns the respect of Japan’s specialty producers with catechin concentrations among the highest ever recorded in a commercially grown hinshu (品種, cultivar). Kanayamidori is the tea your cup may already know — you just haven’t met it by name yet. In this quick guide, you’ll...

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