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Scarcity of Sayama tea
Scarcity of Sayama tea

市場での狭山茶の生産量は僅か2%ほどで、狭山茶の希少価値の高さが分かります。
また産地としては北限に位置しており、他の産地が年間3〜5回収穫するのに対し、狭山茶は年間1〜2回しか収穫いたしません(近年は3回収穫する茶園もあります)。

The production of Sayama tea in the market is only about 2%, which shows the high scarcity value of Sayama tea. In addition, Sayama tea is located in the northern limit as a production area, and while other production areas harvest 3 to 5 times in a year, Sayama tea harvests only 1 to 2 times (in recent years, some tea gardens harvest 3 times).

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日本一の面積と生産量

日本の一番茶の摘採面積と荒茶生産量

茶を栽培している面積のうち、収穫を目的として茶葉の摘取りが行われている面積は26,200haで、うち荒茶生産量は年間2万トン。その約80%が静岡県と鹿児島県の2県で生産されています。狭山茶のある埼玉県の生産量はというと全国のわずか2%(440トン)と非常に少なく希少価値の高いことが分かります。(農林⽔産省統計 令和2年8⽉公表「⽇本の⼀番茶の摘採⾯積と荒茶⽣産量」より)

※「荒茶」とは、茶葉(生葉)を蒸熱、揉み操作、乾燥等の加工処理を行い製造したもので、仕上げ茶として再製する以前のものをいう。

 

The area of picking first harvest teas and production of Aracha.

Of the area where tea is cultivated, the area where tea leaves are plucked for the purpose of harvesting is 26,200 ha, of which Aracha* annual production is 20,000 tons.
Out of that production, about 80% is produced either in Shizuoka Prefecture or in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The share of tea production in Saitama Prefecture, including Sayama Teas, is only 2% (440 Tons) of the whole country. High scarcity of Sayama Tea is derived from small production volume. (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics published August 2020「The area of picking first harvest teas ans production of Aracha」)

* “Aracha” refers to tea leaves (raw leaves) that have been processed by steaming, kneading, drying, etc., and have not been remanufactured as finished tea.

日本一の面積と生産量
日本一の面積と生産量
Features
狭山茶の特徴

水はけの良い武蔵野台地だからできる茶葉

茶は水はけの良い土壌を好みます。その中でも狭山茶は富士山や箱根から飛来した火山灰層(関東ローム層)に覆われた水はけの良い武蔵野台地が主要な産地です。弊社の畑は関東ローム層が最も厚い段丘面に位置し、その厚さは10m以上に及ぶことから地中深くに健全な茶の根が張っています。
狭山茶は産地としては北限に位置しており、他の産地が年間3〜5回収穫するのに対し、狭山茶は年間1〜2回しか収穫できません(近年は3回収穫する茶園もあります)。

 

Tea prefers well-drained soil.

Among them, Sayama tea is mainly produced in the well-drained Musashino Plateau, which is covered with the volcanic ash layer (Kanto loam layer) that came from Mt. Fuji and Hakone.
Our company’s field is located on the terrace where the Kanto loam layer is the thickest, and its thickness is more than 10 meters, so strong tea roots go deep underground.
In addition, Sayama tea is located in the northern limit as a production area, and while other production areas harvest 3 to 5 times in a year, Sayama tea harvests only 1 to 2 times (in recent years, some tea gardens harvest 3 times).

Harvest
time
収穫時期

「夏も近づく八十八夜♪」と唄われるとおり、
立春から数えて88日目頃から新茶の摘取りシーズンです。

長い間冬の厳しい寒さに耐えた茶畑は、春を迎えた4月中旬ごろに萌芽(発芽)をし始めます。
それから30日前後に新芽を摘取り製茶され、市場へと出荷されます。

 

Sayama tea harvest time

As a traditional Japanese song says, “At the 88th day the summer is around the corner ♪”, it is the season for picking new tea from around the 88th day counting from the beginning of spring.
After withstanding under long and cold winter season, teas begin to sprout (germinate) on the plantation in spring season of mid-April.
After around 30 days, the shoots are picked, made into tea, and shipped.

日本一の面積と生産量
日本一の面積と生産量