SORATE'S STORY

A LOVE LETTER TO JAPAN

AND ITALY, MY HOME COUNTRY.

The idea for starting Sorate came to mind after a period when I felt physically and emotionally depleted by the pressures of life. 

I decided to take a solo road trip through Japan to decompress. Making my way across the Japanese countryside, I discovered that the best way to keep my feet on the ground was to practice simple daily rituals. 

At a family-owned tea farm near Kyoto, I learned that regular tea breaks were the key to a peaceful mind as I went about my day. Stability=Serenity. When I returned to the States, I brought the good habit of Green Tea drinking back with me. 

In Italy, we have a similar appreciation for the anchoring effect of our daily customs, like the energizing jolt of espresso at sunrise. It gives us a moment to see things clearly before we spring into action. 

Sorate is my love letter to Japan, which taught me mindfulness,

and Italy,

where I learned to appreciate the beauty in all things.


- Silvia Mella

Founder

THE COMPANY

SORATE is a Japanese green tea company based in Brooklyn, New York helmed by founder and creative director Silvia Mella.

BEHIND THE NAME 

Sorate is a slang popular in the Veneto region of Italy, meaning “calm down” or “cool off”, while “Sora” in Japanese means “Sky”.

The logo is half a perfect circle in honor of Giotto, Leonardo Da Vinci and the light of the Roman Pantheon, the other half refers to the Japanese zen circle, Enso.

OUR MISSION 

Sorate’s mission is to provide the world with the perfect harmony of science-based wellness practices and traditional Japanese plant-based medicine to enrich the body, mind, and spirit.

Our passion for tea is founded within health and wellness.

HOW

Our products are regularly tested for quality control.

In service of our commitment to balance, Sorate partners with not only doctors, nutritionists, and scientists, but also our speciality tea farmers and tea masters to produce and serve only the highest quality green tea and matcha.

ORIGIN

Our products are single origin from Ujitawara; the Uji region of Kyoto, Japan, from the family-owned farm of Sencha Tea creator, Nagatani Soenon. 

Our superior tea trees are a masterwork of agricultural craftsmanship - combining ideal soil conditions with centuries old technical expertise that have been perfected over generations. 

ABOUT THE FARM

SORATE BIRTHPLACE: UJI

Sorate Tea and Matcha are grown in Ujitawara-cho, the small countryside town in Kyoto prefecture, where the farmer Nagatani Soen invented the method of manufacturing Japanese green tea in the...

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