Green Tea Restaurant 1899 Ochanomizu

Tokugawa family would use the water-spring for tea which gushed out at Kinposan Kourinji, Kanda. That is the reason the district is called Ochanomizu. Green Tea Restaurant 1899 Ochanomizu is the place to feel the origin of the district name. Tea has a nice aroma and good effect to human health. The restaurant’s theme is “eating” tea. You can enjoy the original menu where they use various kinds of tea.

The restaurant has opened in 2014 as a dining of Hotel Ryumeikan established in 32nd year of the Meiji period.

“1899 Original Tea Sausage” (3 pieces set) ￥2,200, “1899 Original Matcha Beer” ￥790

For example, “1899 Original Tea Sausage” contains 3 different kinds of tea such as green, coarse and black tea. Different tea flavors are utilized very well and the sausage is one of the popular plates here. Having a beer cocktail “Matcha Beer,” which is mixture of matcha and beer, with the plate is standard style. There is a wonderful mixed bitterness of beer and matcha. There are variety of alcohol drinks arranged with tea such as “Matcha Wine” mixture of sweet wine and light taste Matcha, and “Green Tea Plum Wine” which received 1st place of Japanese plum wine competition. You can enjoy their unique drinks here.

The popular menu of the café is “1899 Afternoon Tea plate.” Mini-Sandwich with their specialty matcha potato salad and a few kinds of tea sweets are served on a plate. ￥1,800

You can choose tea set from shelves on the interior wall. Please enjoy your special cup of tea.

There are about 50 of tea sets. Most of them are Hasamiyaki.

During the café time, you may want to try about 15 kinds of carefully selected Japanese tea and Japanese sweets. “Chabalier (Japanese Tea　sommelier )” brews tea at the teakettle installed counter. They brew each tea taking appropriate time and water temperature for it.

Using twig tea as an aroma for the restaurant.

You can try “drink” “brew” and “eat” Japanese tea at the Green Tea Restaurant 1899 Ochanomizu. Please experience the profound culture of Japanese tea at the restaurant surrounded by plants.

Oct 2017　Text: Ryoko Kuraishi　Photo: Yasuo Yamaguchi