{"title":"Koukaen Tea Factory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item one-whole medium--one-half large--one-half\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/files\/header_bg_top.jpg?16278221165250756477\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item one-whole medium--one-half large--one-half\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"President Tadashi Naito\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/files\/president.jpg?11196632130987131893\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003eFounded in 1948 by Yoshikazu Naito, the Koukaen Tea Factory is owned by the Naito family and employs a total of 9 people including family members. His son, President Tadashi Naito (left) is the 2nd head of the company. \u003cbr style=\"clear: both;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Koukaen factory\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/files\/company.jpg?17004112235298088395\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003eBased in the Nishio region of Aichi Prefecture, Koukaen specializes in the initial processing of leaves from farms in Nishio into dried unrefined tencha tea leaves (steamed and dried without rolling), and grinding of refined tencha leaves into matcha. (Refinement of the tencha leaves is outsourced to a trusted partner.)\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/collections\/koukaen-tea-factory-467619.jpg?v=1663992659","url":"https:\/\/yumenet.live\/collections\/koukaen-tea-factory.oembed","provider":"yumenet.live","version":"1.0","type":"link"}