Black tea

Even though green tea has been cherished for hundreds of years in Japan, black tea also has its place in Japanese culture. Wakoucha is a Japanese black tea, made of dark, fully oxidized tea leaves. Because of the special cultivar of Japanese tea bushes, wakoucha has a naturally lighter, sweeter, less bitter taste than black teas from Sri Lanka or other regions, where black tea mostly originates from.

Even though green tea has been cherished for hundreds of years in Japan, black tea also has its place in Japanese culture. Wakoucha is a Japanese black tea, made of dark, fully oxidized tea leaves. Because of the special cultivar of Japanese tea bushes, wakoucha has a naturally lighter, sweeter, less bitter taste than black teas from Sri Lanka or other regions, where black tea mostly originates from.