Our Kirishima tea growers Hayashi Shutaro Kenji and Take are 5th generation farmers. Over 100 years ago the first Hayashi brought tea seeds from Shizuoka Prefecture 静岡県 - the major green tea producer of Japan. Those trees are still alive now! And they make Zaire Fukamushi one of the cultivators in the Kirishima Sencha Tasting Flight at O5. In the 1950's the Kirishima growers were pioneers in the use of pesticides. In the 1980's they were the first farm in the region to go organic. And have remained so since. . . Having inherited a culture of tea cultivation and production the current generation growers are nonetheless innovative and unorthodox. They experiment with non-traditional tea production such as various single-cultivar sencha; matcha made of some unique samidori leaves; and green tea paste that tastes awesome in nitro. Now you can sample them all at O5 and even bring some home. Come to the bar for some Kirishima Cold Brew Sencha Flight Matcha and green tea paste over nitro! . . . #kirishima #sencha #matcha #teapaste #teagrower #japanesegreen #japanesetea #japan #organictea #teadrinker#tealover#teaholic#drinks#茶#lifestyle #coldbrew#tea#colddrinks #summer#icetea#vancouver#kitsilano #kitsilanobeach#yvr#qepark #queenelizabeth