Goishicha

{{Short description|Type of fermented tea}}Goishicha ({{langx|ja|碁石茶}} 'go-pebble tea') is a fermented tea originally from China but now grown only in Ōtoyo, Kōchi and Ishizuchi-Kurocha, Ehime prefecture.{{cite web | url = http://www.city.saijo.ehime.jp/english/kankou/omiyage1.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210629/http://www.city.saijo.ehime.jp/english/kankou/omiyage1.htm |archivedate=2014-08-12 | title = Saijo's Local Products | publisher = city.saijo.ehime.jp | accessdate = 2014-08-11}} The tea is made by fermenting harvested tea in a two-step process, first with aerobic fungi, then with anaerobic bacteria