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Welcome tea
A seasonal cup of tea on arrival, and a warm introduction to the day’s ingredients.
Maana Atelier · Workshop
Kyoto Botanical Teas
Workshop.
Blend your own personalized organic tea from farmed and foraged heirloom herbs of Japan.
1.5 hoursOne session
Maana AtelierNishijin, Kyoto
Up to 8Per session
¥18,000Tax included
The craft
Sōmoku-cha草木茶
Tea in Japan is far more than the green leaf the world knows. For centuries, long before the tea plant arrived from China, the islands brewed infusions from native flora: roots, leaves, twigs, and barks gathered from forest and field.
These botanical teas mirror the climate and the season, support physical and mental health, and tell the long story of Japanese agriculture and place. In this workshop, you’ll smell, touch, and taste a selection of regional ingredients, then blend a tea that’s entirely your own.
Your keepsake
What you’ll take home
You leave with a personal tea blend made by your own hands, with the season’s ingredients, ready to brew at home.
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Your blend
A bag of your own personalized organic tea, sealed and labelled, ready to take home.
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Yours the same day
You take it home once the workshop ends — light for travel, easy to bring.
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Earth-friendly
Sourced from farmed and wild seasonal flora — no mono-cropping, no soil erosion.
The session
How you’ll spend it
Spend 1.5 hours at the atelier with your teacher, guided from start to finish.
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Smell · touch · taste
Get to know a variety of different herbs, foraged from Nara, to Miyazaki, and all the way to Okinawa.
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Blending
Compose your own ratio. Layer florals, roots, and citrus until the cup matches your mood.
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Tasting · take home
Brew your blend. Share notes. Pack the rest in a bag to carry home.
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すべて日本時間（JST · GMT+9）
参加者の声
参加された方の言葉
Guests come for an afternoon and leave with a personal tea blend, but here’s what stuck with them after returning home.
The Botanical Tea Workshop was inspiring. The instructors were knowledgeable, and we learned about different plants and tea, their properties, and how to blend them for specific benefits.
Sherry Chan · Google review
The Botanical Teas workshop was simply amazing — the location, the vibe, the whole experience. Through a journey of senses you’ll create your own personal blend that reflects your true personality and tastes.
Benedetta Mennini · Google review
The tea workshop was absolutely amazing! The instructor was knowledgeable and passionate. I learned so much about different teas and flavors, and every detail was thoughtfully arranged. The place itself calms you down.
yvonne wigger · Google review
The city · 京都
A reason to come to Kyoto.京の手しごと
Kyoto runs at half-speed. Temple bells in the early hours. Shop curtains drifting at noon. The river quiet by dusk. The seasons change without asking permission — cherry, plum, maple, snow.
You arrive at Maana Atelier on a small street in Nishijin, the old weavers’ district. Inside, the machiya keeps its own air: cool stone, soft daylight, the smell of clay.
Questions
Practical things.
Maana の他の体験
他の体験。
場所について
Maana アトリエ。
Maana アトリエは、Maana コミュニティに向けた新しい体験や試みを探求するための、多目的なスペースです。京町家の素朴な美しさと不完全さをそのまま生かして丁寧に改修した、ワークショップやイベントを通じて出会いと探求が生まれる場所です。
- 営業時間
- ワークショップ参加者のみご利用いただけます。
- 貸切
- 貸切のご予約は atelier@maana.jp までご連絡ください。
- アクセス
- タクシーでのお越しがおすすめです。電車の場合は烏丸線「鞍馬口」駅から徒歩約10分。
協力詳しく見る
Kyoto Research Institute
京都リサーチ・インスティテュートは、中村桃子の主導で設立されました。日本各地でのフィールドリサーチをもとに、食文化と食のシステムについて20年にわたり発信・教育を続けてきた中村の関心が活動の原点となっています。
現在は食を超えて、染織や住まいへと研究領域を広げています。日本の暮らしを支える一つひとつの柱が、同じ風土（テロワール）に根ざしているという理解のもとに。
京都を、手のひらに。
材料はすべてご用意 ・ 開催日の7日前まで柔軟にキャンセル可能です。
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