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== Marketing ==

== Marketing ==

Green Tea produced in Shizuoka and the surrounding area are marketed as high quality <ref> Review of Shizuoka Tea [https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/hon-yama-tobetto/ Hon Yama Review]</ref> <ref> Hon Yama Plantation [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hon Yama Plantation site]</ref>. This is due to the reputation of Shizuoka’s novel growing techniques which result in its tea crop being known for a sweet taste high in theanine and enjoyed as a high class consumer product. Shizuoka is famous for its sencha style of tea which revered for its mild and sweet flavor. <ref> Shizuoka sencha [http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22 Shizuoka sencha]</ref>.

Green Tea produced in Shizuoka and the surrounding area are marketed as high quality <ref> Review of Shizuoka Tea [https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/hon-yama-tobetto/ Hon Yama Review]</ref> <ref> Hon Yama Plantation [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hon Yama Plantation site]</ref>. This is due to the reputation of Shizuoka’s novel growing techniques which result in its tea crop being known for a sweet taste high in theanine and enjoyed as a high class consumer product. Shizuoka is famous for its sencha style of tea which revered for its mild and sweet flavor.

== Production ==

== Production ==

The cultivation, harvest and production techniques of the Shizuoka tea plantations have been practiced for centuries <ref>Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22 Sencha]</ref> <ref> Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hojo plantation]</ref> <ref>Tea Cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/tea/index.html Shizuoka Official site]</ref>. The leaves are harvested from April until May before the rainy season commences. This is believed to yield a higher quality crop than after the rainy period. Leaves harvested following or during the rainy period are reputed to have a weaker taste and thus are not as popular as the earlier harvested leaves in the consumer market. Two well known cultivars of high quality Shizuoka tea are the Yabukita and Omune cultivars.  

The cultivation, harvest and production techniques of the Shizuoka tea plantations have been practiced for centuries <ref>Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22 Sencha]</ref>Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period <ref>Tea Cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/tea/index.html Shizuoka Official site]</ref>. The leaves are harvested from April until May before the rainy season commences. This is believed to yield a higher quality crop than after the rainy period. Leaves harvested following or during the rainy period are reputed to have a weaker taste and thus are not as popular as the earlier harvested leaves in the consumer market. Two well known cultivars of high quality Shizuoka tea are the Yabukita and Omune cultivars.  

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