Single-farm, single-cultivar Japanese tea, one cup at a time
OPEN YOUR TEA LIFE
Kitakagaya, Osaka · Single-origin Japanese tea
A cup of tea, read for you —
for this day, this sky, and you.
Answer nine short questions on your phone. The owner's partner reads the weather, your mood, the card you draw and a little luck, then blends two or three of our 42 teas and chooses how to brew and serve them, with a short fortune to go with it. The owner brews it in front of you. No two cups are ever the same.
* The QR code to start is handed out at the venue on the day.
RECENT CUPS
Names and impressions of cups born at Ichigo Itteki. We share only the leading cultivar and the notes layered on it.
満月の潮騒 · Mangetsu no Shiosai
Lead teaShizukaori─ Tenryu, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Featuring Shizukaori from Hamamatsu Tenryu, Shizuoka, this cold cup layers a fragrance reminiscent of the sea's breath with a gentle sweetness, finishing with a fresh, grassy aftertaste on a full-moon night.
岩清水 · Iwashimizu
Lead teaKirari 31─ Tenryu, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Featuring Kirari 31 from Hamamatsu Tenryu, Shizuoka, this cold cup layers a cherry-blossom-like fragrance with a fresh, grassy note, finished with a gentle, earthy sweetness like water welling among rocks.
旅路の風 · Tabiji no Kaze
Lead teaOkuyutaka─ Kirishima, Kagoshima
Featuring Okuyutaka from Kirishima, Kagoshima, this cold cup layers a sweet fragrance reminiscent of covered-culture aroma with a seaweed-like umami and a floral note, fitting for a moment along the journey.
THE SHOP
"Ke" (褻) is an old Japanese word for the ordinary days, as opposed to festive "hare" days. KENOCHA serves single-farm, single-cultivar Japanese tea not for special occasions, but as a cup for any ordinary day. The owner, a certified Japanese tea instructor, brews tea sourced from farms across Japan.