Sazen Tea

About Sazen Tea

Sazen Tea is a Japanese online shop founded in 2014 by Motonari Jotatsu and Agnes Balogh. It describes itself as Kyoto-based, and its registered address is in Moriyama, Shiga, across the prefectural line. There is no walk-in store; orders ship internationally from Japan.

Sazen is mainly a reseller of other houses' matcha. It stocks grades from Marukyu-Koyamaen, Maruyasu and Yamamasa Koyamaen side by side, which makes it one of the easiest places outside Japan to compare those producers. It also lists sencha from Mie, Kyoto, Shiga and Kagoshima, some Taiwanese and Chinese teas, and handmade teaware. A good first order is two matcha grades from different producers at a similar price, such as a Marukyu-Koyamaen and a Maruyasu tin.

Founded in 2014 in Japan

Headquarters

Moriyama, Shiga, Japan

Founded

2014

Founders

Motonari Jotatsu, Agnes Balogh

Known for

Matcha from named Uji producers; Japanese green tea; Taiwanese and Chinese tea; Japanese teaware

How they source and sell

Online reseller that buys finished teas from established Japanese tea factories (including Marukyu-Koyamaen, Maruyasu and Yamamasa Koyamaen) and teaware from Japanese craftspeople, shipping from Japan.

Signature teas (4)

The teas Sazen Tea is best known for. We have not pulled this brand's full catalog, so there is no stock count or price spread here yet.