Ehime prefecture is not a big tea producing area. Rather, it is well-known for mandarin oranges. In such area, Waki family has long been producing good organic green tea in the mountain area, Shingu town in Ehime.
Their green tea is also used for hugely popular local sweets; Sencha custard pudding & Matcha daifuku (rice cake sweets). Thanks to good tea, especially the daifuku is a big hit. Perfect balance of gentle sweetness of cream and anko (red bean paste) inside and pleasant bitterness of their matcha outside attracts so many people.
Unfortunately, the consumption of green tea has been decreasing nationwide. So the 4th generation, Mr Junki Waki, has started making black and oolong teas in addition to green tea.
Green oolong (left) and Dark oolong (right ) 
Black tea known as Wakocha
He said this is a challenging for our future.
