We are delighted to finally offer tea from our friend and esteemed tea maker, Yuuki Yoshihiko. Yuuki-san lives and farms in the town of Dosenbo in southern Kyoto — a region that remains a bastion of traditional, non-shaded tea cultivation. His Yabukita reflects a classic, almost forgotten approach to tea production.
Kettl founder Zach Mangan was fortunate to spend several evenings drinking tea with both Yuuki-san and his neighbor, our dear friend and ceramicist Yoshiyuki Shimizu. This tea feels remarkable not only for its expertly cultivated raw material and deft processing, but because it is the product of close community and collaboration.


It is through those relationships that we set out to work with Yuuki Yoshihiko to present his Yabukita Sencha.