Made in Shizuoka, Japan
A greeting from one of our tea farmers
My name is Tsuyomi Masuda from Yamana Masudaen Co., Ltd., which is located at the southern tip of the Makinohara Plateau in Shizuoka, Japan’s largest tea-growing region. By taking advantage of the excellent natural resources of the area, we have developed an integrated production system from growing tea leaves to production and sales.
We make every effort to be environmentally responsible and to provide consumers around the world with safe and delicious tea. In April 2001, we were the first tea manufacturer in Japan to acquire ISO 14001, the International Standard for Environmental Management Systems.
Many of our tea fields and factories have received Organic JAS (Japan Agricultural Services) certification, making us a premier producer of organic green tea. We strive to provide the safe and delicious green tea that our customers demand.
Manufacturing and processing green tea
Proper cultivation and processing of the green tea leaves is vital in retaining the maximum amounts of antioxidants like EGCG and SOD (superoxide dismutase), which is an important antioxidant defense in nearly all cells exposed to oxygen.
Harvesting
Fresh green tea leaves are carefully harvested in the field by hand or machine.
Feeding machine
The harvested green tea leaves are evenly fed into the feeding machine for steaming.
Steaming machine
This important steaming process requires profound knowledge, heightened skill and years of experience. The steaming has two purposes; to prevent the green tea leaves from oxidizing and to produce the particular variety of tea, which is determined by the length of steaming.
Primary tea-processing machine
The green tea leaves are dried by heated air while spinning. During this process, moisture from the surface of the green tea leaves is removed in order to keep the tea aroma inside the leaves.
Secondary tea-processing machine
Green tea leaves are kneaded to equally spread moisture within the leaves.
Tertiary tea-processing machine
The green tea leaves are dried with heated air. During this rolling process, the leaves become needle-like in shape and appearance.
Final tea-processing machine
The leaves are heated and pressed during this process.
The end result is green tea leaves for our consumption.
Producing EGCG GREEN
Flow coater machine
The processor mixes starch with green tea to construct tablets that easily dissolve.
High-speed tableting machine
The machine forms a tablet by pressing granular raw materials together. The degree of hardness and size of each tablet is carefully controlled.
Screener
This device monitors and separates tablets that meet manufacturing specifications from those non-conforming tablets with cracks and chips.
Bottling machine
Tablets are automatically bottled after they are screened by a metal detector and weight scale.
Hygienically controlled clean room
The clean room is environmentally controlled in order to maintain a high degree of cleanliness.
Dust proof uniforms, shoe and hair covers must be worn at all times. Before entering the room, hands are washed and each person is showered with high pressure air to remove any dust particles.
Inspection and Quality assurance
For quality assurance purposes, bacteriological examinations and physicality tests are completed.
Packing
The bottles are labeled, shrink wrapped and packed for storage.
Delivery
The packaged EGCG GREEN is moved from the storage area to distribution center by passing through sheet shutters.
