Tea seed oil

Are you familiar with tea seed oil?
Tea seed oil is extracted by pressing the seeds of the tea plant, which is the source of tea. Recently, it has started to be incorporated into skincare products by famous cosmetic brands.

In autumn, around this time, white tea flowers bloom on the tea plants. The tea seeds become ready for harvest about a year after the tea flowers bloom, in the following autumn. It is said that only about 10kg of tea seed oil can be extracted from 100kg of tea seeds. Due to a lower oil extraction rate compared to olive and camellia oils, domestically produced tea seed oil is a very expensive oil, costing tens of thousands of yen per kilogram.

The tea plant is also a member of the Camellia family, and like camellia oil, it is rich in oleic acid, which easily penetrates the skin and has high moisturizing effects. It also contains ingredients such as Vitamin E and Coenzyme Q10.

Many people may not have seen tea flowers or seeds. In tea fields where tea leaves (the raw material for tea) are cultivated, the plants are grown in a way that prevents them from flowering, so that nutrients do not go into the seeds.

In tea fields cultivated with reduced nitrogen fertilizer or abandoned tea fields, many tea flowers bloom, and tea seeds can be harvested.

In ancient times, there were regions where oil was extracted from tea seeds for edible purposes or used for hair washing. We hope to continue the beauty practices that have been cherished in Japan.

※The information presented here has been compiled based on descriptions in multiple books and other sources, but it does not indicate the efficacy or effects of products sold.

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