MANDARA LTD was established in 2019 as a company and the tea house MANDARACHA™ with products sold under the same branding were created to promote the following values:

 

- Support small traditional & local businesses

We are selecting teas from small producers that are family businesses, some of them having been in the tea cultivation for 4 or more generations. We visit all tea producing regions from Japan and do our best to promote products that represent the diversity and the authenticity of Japanese tea making in those regions. Our partners typically do not mass produce and manage plantations that have an area of 4 hectares on average.

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- Sustainability and health

We are doing our best to offer products that are high quality and healthy. The limited use of pesticide preserves the biodiversity and human health. The wise use of fertilizer contributes to the sustainability of the soils in the long term.

More than half of products are either organic, or pesticide free or obtained from natural farming.

 

- Respecting life of all sentient beings

All our ingredients used in the tea house are plant based and are suffering free, as per the ancient spirit of Shoujin and Zen tradition.​​

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