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[5/30 Only, First 50 Cups Free] "Clean Energy as a Coffee Alternative" — Next-Generation Tea Stand "TEA BY CIRCLIA" Featuring Organic Green Tea (Yame-cha) × Dragon Fruit Pops Up at Hakata Station Underground
Fukuoka startup Circlia runs Hakata pop-up serving organic Yame-cha drinks, pitching tea as a coffee-alternative clean energy.
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The numbers
Green tea export value 2024: 36.4 billion yen
Green tea exports Jan–Oct 2025: 53.9 billion yen
2026 new tea price at some regions: 1.5x
What they said
“As farmers have shifted en masse to producing the more profitable matcha raw material 'tencha,' production of the sencha we drink daily has declined.”
収益性の高い抹茶原料「てん茶」の生産へシフトする農家が相次いだ結果、私たちが日常的に飲む煎茶の生産量が減少。
“In 2025, the number of tea-processing business closures hit a record high.”
2025年には製茶業の廃業件数が過去最多を記録しました。
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