Two family plots, and a quiet bet on Korean tea.
Our family has kept land on Jeju for three generations. One plot still grows gamgyul — the tangerines the island is famous for. The other is becoming what Jeju's climate was always meant for: tea.
We started Jeju Matcha House because cafés across the US — especially Korean-owned ones — kept telling us the same thing: we want real Korean matcha, not Japanese matcha with a Korean label. So we're building the supply chain they were looking for.
While our own plantings mature, we source from a hand-picked network of Jeju growers we've known for years. Every harvest is tasted, graded, and shipped in small lots to partner cafés.