Lupicia Japanese Green & Flavored Teas (Global Retail)

Lupicia · Japan
Beverages Other Tea Ambient Established export

Lupicia is a Japanese specialty tea retailer operating its own stores across North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, selling Japanese green teas (sencha, genmaicha, hojicha, matcha) alongside flavored blends. Its branded boutiques give it a rare direct overseas retail footprint for a Japanese tea company. The company markets seasonal limited blends and gift tins globally. It bridges traditional Japanese tea and modern flavored-tea trends.

The supplierTypical: Japanese tea retailer with company-owned stores on multiple continents.
Why it sells abroadRare Japanese tea brand with its own global brick-and-mortar retail

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CertificationsMarket-specific food-safety compliance (not a third-party scheme publicly published). No organic/halal/kosher/FSSC certification verified for the brand. Confirmed business facts: founded 1994, Japan-based premium tea retailer/manufacturer and franchise operator with 400+ varieties; operates company-owned/retail stores in Japan, Taiwan, France, Australia, USA (CA, HI), South Korea.
Pack formatsTins, tea bags, loose-leaf bags, gift sets.
Shelf lifeTypical: 12-24 months sealed. Not maker-published per SKU.
StorageCool, dry, away from light/odors; keep sealed.
Minimum orderNone (own retail)
Lead timeN/A (internal supply chain)
CapacityTypical: global retail-supply scale
Container loadTypical: FCL to own warehouses
PricingTypical: premium boutique pricing
OEM / private labelNo general OEM/private-label program verified; Lupicia operates as a branded retailer and franchise operator (franchise program exists, but that is store franchising, not product OEM).
Wholesale & MOQFalse
Key exporters & distributorsLUPICIA Co., Ltd. (own retail network)
Export regulationMulti-market food/labeling compliant via own stores
Market demandStrong urban specialty-tea retail demand worldwide
How to source itCompany-owned stores and e-commerce worldwide (direct retail, not third-party importer-dependent).
Verified sourceshttps://usa.lupicia.com/pages/company-info; http://www.lupicia.com/global/
MakerLUPICIA Co., Ltd.
OriginJapan
CategoryBeverages / Other Tea
Available inWorldwide
HandlingAmbient
Price tierPremium
ChannelMass
Export readinessEstablished export
HS code0902
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