Meet the Tea Maker: Aleš from Nengancha (Japan)

A tasting with tea farmer Aleš Gallas from the Nengancha tea Gardens in Gifu Japan

We are deeply honoured to welcome tea maker, gardener and friend Aleš to rami tea for an evening dedicated to the art of artisanal Japanese teas.

On this evening, you will have the unique opportunity to speak directly with a tea farmer. Aleš will tell us about this year's harvest as we taste his newest teas together, alongside some handmade specials he is bringing to Vienna.

As he himself likes to say, we hope to "transport you for a while to the land of deep mountains and green forests, to the Eastern White River…"

Whether you want to deepen your tea knowledge, begin your tea journey, or simply enjoy some time with tea — this tasting is a chance to slow down, engage your senses, and spend time with a dedicated tea farmer. We will leave plenty of space for questions and conversation, while Aleš shares the story of Nengancha, the young tea project he started just a few years ago together with his wife Sachi.

Your email confirmation is your ticket to the event - you don't need to pick anything up before your workshop.

Small group with 8 spots per Tasting.

The tasting will take place at our teahouse: rami tea - Lerchenfelder Straße 94/98, 1080.

Cancellation: Workshops can be cancelled free of charge up to 2 weeks before the course. After that time a refund is not possible.

About Nengancha:


Aleš and Sachi Gallas grow and process tea at their garden, Nengancha, in Gifu Prefecture — at an altitude of 450–500 metres, in a village with over 400 years of tea-producing history. Nengancha translates to dreamed-of, desired or wished-for tea, a fitting name for the quietly reinvigorating work Aleš and Sachi are doing in an area where tea production has tended to close rather than open up.

The symbol of the garden is the Japanese giant salamander — one of the largest amphibians in the world — which can be found in the river that flows through the village and gives it its name: Higashishirakawa, or Eastern White River. Aleš and Sachi use no chemicals in production, relying solely on the area's exceptional growing conditions: heavy mists, high rainfall, and large temperature differences between day and night. Their plantations are serene places, surrounded by forests, rivers and ponds nestled between mountains.