Region

Mori, Shizuoka

Known for Hojicha, matcha, kukicha

Mori is a small town in the west of Shizuoka, inland from Kakegawa. It is not a name that carries weight outside Japan, and there is no reason it should: what matters here is what the producer does with the leaf.

Where a tea grows shapes how it tastes: the soil, the climate and the processing style that took hold there.