Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
Sayama tea, recast as an energy drink
Japan East India is developing a craft energy drink made with first-flush Sayama tea, from its base in Iruma, Saitama.
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- Sayama tea farmers and non-tea-drinking consumers
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- The founder traces the idea to a tea shopkeeper talking about scaling back, and to farmers’ ideas for new varieties and sales routes.
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The company frames its work as helping tea farmers act on ideas that can be hard to pursue while managing the farm, including new varieties and ways of selling. Its site connects that problem to a proposed energy drink, drawing on the history of tea as a drink used to stay alert. TYPE-00 is labeled “Name to be announced / Under development”; the page does not yet give a release date or specifications.
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