SIMPLY NATIVE ORIGINAL
Simply Native Field No.01 - Samidori
Simply Native Field No.01 - Samidori
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"Possibly the best bowl we've tasted this year (we may be biased)." - the Simply Native team.
Best for Usucha • Latte
Extremely rich, roasty and nutty, with deep umami and a natural sweetness that lingers. A vivid, jewel-green colour in the bowl.
A single-cultivar and single origin Samidori matcha from Simply Native Field No.1 in Wazuka, Kyoto, grown by Uejima Sourokuen. This is the field's very first harvest.
Simply Native Field No.1
To mark ten years of Simply Native, we partnered with Uejima Noriyasu, one of Japan's most respected tea farmers, on a field of our own. The Samidori bushes were planted five years ago, and spring 2026 brought their first harvest. Uejima-san and his team tended, shaded, picked and processed every leaf. A first harvest from a young field happens only once, and supply is very limited.
How to Drink it
Usucha (Thin Tea) 2g (60ml) for a smooth, balanced cup.
Also works beautifully as a comfort and nutty matcha latte.
Tasting Notes
Nutty, Rich, Creamy, Vibrant with no Bitterness
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Details
Wazuka, Japan
30g
Recommended Storage
Store your tea in an airtight tin canister to preserve its delicate flavours and aromas. Once opened, keep refrigerated to maintain freshness.
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ABOUT THE MAKER
Uejima Sourokuen | 上嶋爽禄園 | Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture
Uejima Sourokuen is a family tea farm in Wazuka, a mountain town that grows about half of Kyoto's tea leaf. The family has farmed tea here since the Edo period. Uejima Noriyasu, the fifth generation, took over in 1977 at the age of twenty-two.
In the 1980s, while most farmers grew the dominant cultivar of the day, Uejima-san joined a project with the Kyoto Prefectural Tea Research Institute to propagate Samidori, a local Kyoto variety. He kept planting it for more than twenty years, long before it became prized as one of the finest cultivars for matcha.
Much Japanese tea is blended from many farms, and sometimes from many regions. Uejima-san takes a different path: his tea comes only from his own fields, and each matcha is made from a single cultivar. You taste one place and one plant.
He has won the Kyoto Prefecture tea-judging competition, and in 2022 he received the Green and White Ribbon Medal of Merit for agricultural achievement, presented by Prince Akishino. He is just as committed to the people who will grow tea after him. Seven young farmers have trained with him and gone on to farm independently, and he helped each of them find land of their own.
Yukino first met Uejima-san in Wazuka in 2025 and was struck by his knowledge and his generosity in sharing it. Field No.1 grew out of those conversations. We're proud to bring its very first harvest to Australia.