Our greenest
Signature
The greenest lot we mill, with a mild tea flavor.
Color
Best forLattes, ready-to-drink
CertificationConventional
Wholesale
Matcha
and tea powders
Japanese technique, Hangzhou gardens — Japanese-founded, thirty years on. Bought at the mill, one step from your counter.
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Wholesale
Matcha,
at the source.
Top quality, source prices.
Three hundred Japanese granite mills, on land that was growing tea a thousand years ago and has not stopped since. The same leaf behind China’s biggest beverage brands, and industry clients across Japan, Europe and North America.
Japanese milling
Six tencha lines. Growing, first processing and stone milling all happen inside one network, not farmed out along the way.
Certified
Every lot meets US import requirements. Organic lots are certified to USDA, EU and JAS standards.
Scale
Around 2,400 hectares of gardens across the network, about 187 of them certified organic.
The collection
The current selection
Every lot here whisks, blends and bakes. All of it is shade-grown and milled on Japanese granite — color, fineness and taste are what separate the grades. Longjing 43 and above are ceremonial. Conventional quality is available for every grade — organic or not, every lot is produced to the same food-safety standards.
US standard
Everyday
Our most economical lot. Stronger tea flavor, and the bitterness carries through sugar and dairy.
Color
Best forBakery, high-volume drinks
CertificationOrganic or conventional
EU standard
Barista EU
Certified organic. Mild and fine in flavor.
Color
Best forLattes, organic menus
CertificationOrganic
Single cultivar
Longjing 43
Milled from Longjing 43 leaf. A bean-like aroma.
Color
CultivarLongjing 43
FlavorBean-like
Best forSpecialty drinks
CertificationConventional
Top of the selection
Reserve
The best grade we carry. Certified organic.
Color
FinenessOur finest milling
Best forStraight, tasting menus
CertificationOrganic
Roasted
Hojicha
Not a matcha — roasted green tea, milled the same way. Caramel and toasted rice, almost no bitterness, lower in caffeine.
Color
ProcessRoasted, fine-milled
FlavorCaramel, toasted grain
Best forLattes, desserts
CertificationConventional · organic on request
One lot, five ways it leaves your kitchen.
Certifications
Certified for the US, the EU, Japan and beyond
Food safety compliance
FSSC 22000 · HACCP · Halal
Organic compliance
EU Organic · USDA Organic · JAS Organic
Ethical sourcing
Fairtrade Certified · Rainforest Alliance Certified
Rigorous quality documentation
·Detailed batch records. Documentation meeting EU, USDA and JAS standards.
·Accredited laboratory. Independent testing performed by ISO 17025-accredited Eurofins Scientific.
·Comprehensive pesticide screening. Up to 810 active substance parameters tested per raw material batch, in full compliance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
·Heavy metal and element control. Standard testing for lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and aluminum (Al), to under 1,000 ppm.
·End-to-end traceability. 100% garden-to-box batch traceability, with a Certificate of Analysis (COA) and Product Specification Sheet provided for every order.
Other leaf
Tea powders
Milled to 1200 mesh, in 500 g, 1 kg and 5 kg. Other leaf and other mesh to spec. Loose leaf — green, oolong, black, white, scented and pu’er — on request.
OolongRoasted oolong leaf. Reddish-brown, with a clear roasted note.
Black teaStraight black tea, milled fine enough for doughs and batters.
LapsangPronounced aroma with a noticeable sweetness behind it.
Earl GreyBlack tea with bergamot. A lingering aroma.
JasmineGreen tea scented with Hengxian jasmine. Long-lasting aroma.Song porcelain
Objects to live with
Hand-thrown in the Jun tradition, where copper and iron move in the fire. Vases, lidded jars, censers and trays, available to specialty retailers, tea rooms and restaurants, and for corporate gifting.
Every piece is one of one. A small collection is held. We work with the kiln directly, so larger numbers can be made on request. The form repeats. The color never does.
About
Japanese technique, Hangzhou gardens
The gardens we buy from have followed Japanese processing method in Hangzhou and Shaoxing, Zhejiang, since 1996 — Japanese cultivars, Yabukita, Saemidori and Okumidori, grown under shade and milled on Japanese granite. The organic gardens are certified to EU, USDA and JAS standards, and every lot is tested by Eurofins Scientific.
There is one step between those mills and your counter, and it is us. What you save is distance.
A nod to the source
Tea at its source. Song China is where it still grows, and where the celadon beside it was made — quiet forms, one moment of color.
Contact us
info@theoriginalsong.com
Write to us for pricing. To quote on the first reply, tell us:
·Your company and what you make — cafe, bakery, tea bar, beverage brand, distributor.
·Roughly how much you expect to use in a month.
·Organic or conventional, or whichever prices better.
·How it will be used — whisked, in milk, over ice, baked.
Porcelain
Pieces are sold individually. For larger volume we work directly with the kiln. Inquiries welcome at the same address.