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Bring a 'freshly brewed cup' to a gift for someone special or to your own reward time. Authentic drip-bag Japanese tea that needs no teapot makes its debut
A Kyoto sushi shop launches single-serve drip bags of genmaicha and houjicha, betting on teapot-free brewing as kyusu ownership falls to about half of household…
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The numbers
Consumers who prefer bottled tea: 42.7%
Consumers who use tea bags: 33.8%
Consumers who brew loose leaves: 26.8%
Adults aged 20–69 who like Japanese tea: 82%
What they said
“We still love Japanese tea — but this is the era of not brewing it.”
日本茶は好き。でも、淹れない時代に。
“Only 26.8% brew from loose leaves — just a quarter of people.”
「茶葉から淹れる」は26.8%と全体の4分の1にとどまっています。
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