Slightly bitter and flavorful aroma from young leaves. 
Kiss to Mt. Fuji floating above the clouds.

“Kiss to Mt. Fuji” is a special green tea drinking cup. It is made to enjoy the smooth and slightly bitter flavor of green tea from the land of Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture. Place it on the palm of your hand and enjoy Mt. Fuji floating above the clouds. Mt. Fuji is registered as the World Cultural Heritage site. It is a sacred mountain and a source of courage for the people. The great mountain represents Japan. 

How to use the special cup

• Place the miniature Mt. Fuji on the two protruding parts opposite to the lip of the cup. Place 1g of soft green tea leaves in the hollow part.  (Spread them on the bottom surface. That’s about 1g.) Then pour 10cc of hot water, about 6/10 of the cup. 
• Observe how the young leaves open with slightly bitter flavorful aroma for about 30 seconds. 
• Place the miniature Mt. Fuji into the hollow part of the cup slowly. Slightly press top of the mountain and sip the tea like kissing Mt. Fuji. 
• You can enjoy the second cup by removing the mountain and pouring hot water to the same leaves about 6/10 of the cup. Insert the miniature Mt. Fuji to the hollow slowly again without waiting, and drink just like the first time. 
• After the second cup, you can put the leaves on cookies like butter cookies to enjoy still the vivid natural bitterness among the sweet taste. 

 You can enjoy the authentic flavor of Japanese green tea in an easy way. 

Japanese green tea has its unique taste and freshness you cannot find anywhere else in the world. Traditional dietary culture of Japan is registered as intangible cultural property. Delicious Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp are amino acid seasoned with the right amount of soy sauce, salt and other ingredients.

Green tea with fresh and flavorful aroma has an intricate harmony of animo acid and catechin(bitterness). The animo acid contains theanine which has relaxing effect. Catechin is a great functional ingredient. 
The extracting method of delicate green tea is somewhat difficult as there is appropriate method for each different kind of leaves: the amount of hot water, the temperature, the extracting time, and the way to extract to the very last drop.
Green tea leaves with great flavor could be ruined by a wrong extracting method only to taste the strong bitterness of the leaves. “Kiss to Mt. Fuji” was designed for you to enjoy the surprisingly great taste from only 1g of leaves in an easy way. It was named so because you look like as if you are kissing the mountain. 

Japan is blessed with four seasons. When the young yellowish green tea leaves turn to fresh light green, they are harvested. After steaming the leaves, they are rubbed to enrich the taste and the flavor. The last stage of extracting method to enjoy both the taste and the flavor itself has become Japanese culture and hospitality spirit. 

Please enjoy the nature of the land of Fuji, Japanese spirit, and hospitality of green tea.

The first cup is a surprisingly good taste.

The whole world is proud of the unique Japanese taste, “umami.” The traditional dietary culture of Japan is registered as intangible cultural property. Delicious Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp are amino acid seasoned with the right amount of soy sauce, salt and other ingredients. 

Green tea with fresh and flavorful aroma has an intricate harmony of animo acid and catechin(bitterness). The animo acid contains theanine which has relaxing effect. Catechin is a great functional ingredient. 

The essential component for “umami” is theanine. It alleviates the caffein effect on brain neuron and activates autonomic nerves, resulting to create more alpha waves in your brain. It has a great healing effect on your brain. It not only relieves the tension of your body but also has a positive effect on hypotension, memory, and concentration. In addition, it tastes great. 

The second cup is a harmony of good taste and bitterness. 

Catechin in green tea (component for bitterness) has strong antioxidant action and prevents internal oxidation. It is confirmed that it also burns body fat such as around your abdominal region. It is reported that the antioxidant effect is so strong that it is powerful enough to prevent cancer. 

Catechin also abundant in vitamin C has the synergistic effect to suppress reactive oxygen. It prevents degeneration of collagen so that you will have less wrinkles to keep your skin in better condition. Green tea components are delightfully kind to us. 

The finish-up is eating all the tea leaves from nature.

Green tea leaves have tender fibers, vitamin E, beta-carotene and other great components to keep us healthy and young. With the great flavor from the season, you can eat them all on a butter cookie. Enjoy still the vivid natural bitterness in harmony with the sweet taste. Foreigners tried them and exclaimed that it has better taste than foie gras. The interpreter smiled as she interpreted.  

After enjoying the tea and the cookie, you can appreciate the little Mt. Fuji above the clouds on your palm. Mt. Fuji is registered as the World Cultural Heritage site. It is a sacred mountain and a source of courage for the people. The great mountain represents Japan. Enjoy the Japanese green tea (Japanese culture) as you kiss to the mountain floating above the clouds.

Good arrangement to enjoy delicious Japanese green tea

Good quality high-class green tea costs 30,000yen for 1kg. Yet 1g is only 30 yen. If you drink the tea three times after each meal, it is still less than 100 yen. 

Japan is blessed with four seasons. When the young yellowish green tea leaves turn to fresh light green, they are harvested. After steaming the leaves, they are rubbed to enrich the taste and the flavor. This whole process has developed a traditional technique.

The extracting method to enjoy the tea has been difficult. But this special cup makes it easy for anybody to thoroughly enjoy the flavor and the taste as well as the tea leaves themselves. Watch how the hot water makes the leaves open up. And the weight resembling Mt. Fuji extracts the flavor and the taste right underneath your nose.

From a tea producer who also makes a lot of strong green tea in a teapot to gulp it all.

               I love tea and Mt. Fuji