Top 5 Places to Buy Japanese Sencha in 2025

Hello hello!

Japanese Sencha tea is one of the most delectable sub-groups of tea in the entire tea industry. When done right, Japanese sencha can be a religious experience for the taste buds. However, the industry is so expansive, it can sometimes be confusing where to buy high-quality sencha. 

Now that the 2025 season is in full swing, who sells the best Japanese sencha tea? 

Below are my top 5 sources for Japanese sencha!

Note: this list is in random order

International/Japanese Sources:

Ippodo Tea

Link to Web Store: here

Description: Ippodo Tea was founded in the year 1717, and has had a long history of selling high-quality Japanese teas ever since. While having a reputation of having some of the best Japanese teas in the entire world, their legendary reputation holds up when it comes to their sencha.

Nio Japanese Tea

Link to Web Store: here

Description: Nio Japanese Teas has gained a lot of attention through their fun/campy tiktok reels. However, while being relatively new in the tea industry, they've done an expansive job at releasing incredible sencha tea to markets all over the globe.

Yamasan Kyoto Uji

Link to Web Store: here

Description: Yamasan is a relatively new Japanese tea company, and they launched their online web store just last year. In the short amount of time they've been in operation, they've released a concentrated, yet high-quality selection of teas that are always a hit -- rarely miss.

National/US Sources:

Sugimoto Tea

Link to Web Store: here

Description: Sugimoto launched in 1946 and is a family-owned business. Although they launched in Japan, their US team has done an incredible job of bringing Sencha to the US market. Sugimoto partakes in many US tea industry events and releases an incredible product that is accessible, yet tasty.

Spirit Tea

Link to Web Store: here

Description: Spirit Tea is the Chicago love child of multiple tea enthusiasts. They source their Japanese sencha directly from the farm and make it accessible to the US market. However, over the last few years, they've doubled down on their Japanese teas and now blow nearly everyone else in the US out of the water.

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I hope you enjoied this list! I hope everyone get the chance to drink incredible sencha tea this year!!

With love,

~Cody Wade

aka The Oolong Drunk

"Blissfully Tea Drunk..."