The tea harvested from the tea fields is processed to suit the customer's taste before being delivered as a product. Processing is the job of tea merchants, and there are three main ways to purchase the tea you need in Kyoto:
This refers to direct transactions with producers, such as contract cultivation at the request of tea merchants or direct transactions with producers. Until the market was established, this type of transaction was the norm, and involved everything from production to sales. The sixth industry system was the mainstream.
Agricultural cooperatives such as JA Kyoto Yamashiro and JA Kyoto Ninokuni act as the contact points for producers and ship sample teas to the All-Noh Tea Market, where tea traders examine the samples and bid on their desired price. The highest bidder is the successful bidder.
This is a transaction in which tea purchased through private transactions or market transactions is sold between tea merchants. When a customer's order is short of the required amount, or when they need tea grains as a blending ingredient, tea merchants in Kyoto, who have horizontal connections, often trade with each other.