Certified Organic Green Tea

GENUINELY CERTIFIED ORGANIC GREEN TEA:

All organic Japanese teas available through our website are grown in chemical free environments under very strict organic standards using both environmentally friendly cultivation methods and many time-honored traditional Japanese methods of tea farming. They are always organically certified by JAS.

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JAS CERTIFICATION:

When you buy organic green tea from Japan you need to make sure that it has the JAS mark. The JAS mark is the certificate given and accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan and is the ONLY certificate based on a legal system in Japan.

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JAS LABELING:

JAS labels come in either the form of a sticker or are printed directly on the tea packet/tin. In the example shown to the right you can see a row of Japanese characters below the JAS logo. That is the certifying agencies name which is always shown under the JAS mark. Other optional details that might be included on the label are the JAS Associate/ID number (seen in the example under the certifying agencies name), farm's name, lot number, and a code/expiration date.

JAS certification is a very strict process and labeling should never be tampered with by any vendor that is NOT certified to do so. JAS labeling can only be done by the farmer who is certified by the JAS certification body, or a certified importer that is compliant with JAS regulations. Yuuki-Cha is not in any way, shape or form a holder of a JAS certificate. That is why all of our labeling and tea packaging is done by the growers that are certified to do so!

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USDA CERTIFICATION:

There are only a few farms in Japan that carry USDA certification. We are proud to offer a few of those such organic teas! If you'd like to know which of our organic teas carry USDA certification, please either visit each tea's page and look in the additional information table to see which certifications the particular tea carries or you may also Contact Us if you'd like a full list of the USDA certified teas we currently stock.