AIYA HISTORY
AIYA – MATCHA MASTERS SINCE 1888
The company history of AIYA may not be exactly as long as the history of Matcha tea itself. However, together with the whole AIYA family we have been at it for almost 130 years, now. We are coining the Matcha world and we are spreading the enthusiasm about the green gold.
In 1888 Aijiro Sugita founded a store selling tea and kimono fabrics. Aijiro knew two things best: the production of Matcha and the coloring of kimono fabrics. For the coloring he used an ingredient called Aidama. This name was soon made into the nickname Aiya, which is the official name of our mother company in Japan.
The history of AIYA remains relevant up to this day. 130 years after Aijiro started producing Matcha, our AIYA Matcha is still grounded in granite stone mills, following the traditional, sophisticated old method.