Sugimoto America is located in Settle, WA, USA and is the American subsidiary of Sugimoto Seicha, a Japanese green tea company founded in 1946. We are proud to carry on the legacy of our founder to produce the most premium quality green tea by selecting only the most skillful and experienced of farmers.

Sugimoto Japanese green teas are world renowned for their distinctive bold flavors derived from the traditional Japanese steam processing method (Fukamushi), and from using only the highest quality premium tea-leaves.

BEST TEA PRODUCER IN JAPAN

Our tea producer, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, won the title of Japan's Best Green Tea Connoisseur at the National Blind Tasting Championship in 1986. This is the most dignified competition for tea experts in Japan to vie for the nation's highest title in tea. Only by looking, smelling and tasting green tea, contestants must identify the harvest season, the cultivar and the growing region of tea plants. Hiroyuki's keen sense of taste and smell marked the highest score.

In the same year of 1986, Hiroyuki's green tea received the Agricultural Minister Award for its outstanding quality. Hiroyuki's well-honed tasting and blending skill is highly admired by farmers and there is no end to the number of farmers who wish to supply green tea for him.

BEST TEA FARMERS IN JAPAN

Tea quality is determined by tea farmers. Our tea producer Hiroyuki Sugimoto has selected only 11 artisan farmers in Shizuoka, Japan, who grow top-quality tea leaves on the mountain ravines. Grown on steep-sided hills where the temperature fluctuates drastically between day and night, tea plants become strong, rich in aroma, and high in antioxidants. Hiroyuki's leading farmer has received prestigious the Prime Minister Award for its superior quality of tea leaves.

PRODUCT SAFETY

Product safety is our top priority at Sugimoto Tea Company. We produce green tea in full compliance with Japan's agricultural laws and ordinances. Tea Producer Sugimoto strictly monitors all of our 11 farmers to record their farming operations such as watering, fertilizing, and harvesting. In addition, Sugimoto's tea factory is certified as Mini-HACCP by the government of Shizuoka prefecture that assures his facilities are designed to produce safe products.

SHIZUOKA

Shizuoka prefecture, know as "Green Tea Capital," is one of Japan's best sources of green tea, and nearly half of Japanese green tea is produced in Shizuoka. Shizuoka is to tea what the Napa Valley is to wine in the United States.

We grow our teas in the mountain ravines of Shizuoka, and we work side by side with our farmers to cultivate the finest tea plants. This very formula is the reason why Sugimoto's green tea has such outstanding flavor.

CUSTOM BLENDING (OEM)

Our passion, commitment, and expertise will make your vision to life. Sugimoto Tea Company strives for the highest standard in supplying premium Japanese green tea. We are able to custom blend to create your ideal green tea to meet your needs in quality and price point.