Tea tipple: Japanese start-up and distillery creates first craft gin made from fresh tea leaves

TeaRoom Inc and Tatsumi Distillery have jointly developed and commercialised Japan’s first craft gin made from fresh tea leaves. The product, branded First Essence Tea Leaf Gin, is made from the raw tea leaves of Koshun and Zairai cultivars and is the first innovation of its kind utilising fresh instead of dried tea leaves. TeaRoom is a tea start-up based in Tokyo focused on fusing traditional tea culture into modern lifestyles…