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...
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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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