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last update: 05.22.2026

Welcome to NŌRIEN 紫今東方.

Shipping, Delivery, Returns & Product Care

At NŌRIEN 紫今東方, each bottle is prepared as a seasonal expression of tea. To preserve the integrity of our sparkling teas, every order is handled with respect and care.

This Order Policy applies exclusively to purchases made directly through drinknorien.com. Products purchased through restaurants, hotels, retailers, distributors, event partners, or other third-party channels are subject to the policy of the original place of purchase.

1 - Order Confirmation

After placing an order, you will receive an order confirmation by email. Please review your order details carefully, including recipient name, delivery address, phone number, and email.

If any information is incorrect, please contact us as soon as possible at client@drinknorien.com. Once an order has entered fulfillment or has been handed to the courier, we may no longer be able to amend the delivery address or order details.

An order confirmation acknowledges receipt of your order. In limited cases, NŌRIEN may be unable to accept or fulfill an order due to stock availability, payment issues, address restrictions, courier limitations, compliance requirements, or an error in product or pricing information. If this occurs, we will contact you and arrange an appropriate refund where payment has already been taken.

2 - Processing Time

Orders are generally prepared within 1-3 business days, excluding weekends, public holidays, pre-order periods, and seasonal collection launches.

During limited releases, gifting seasons, private allocations, corporate orders, bespoke projects, or event partners, fulfillment may require additional time. Estimated delivery windows are provided for reference and may vary depending on destination, courier service, weather conditions, customs clearance, and seasonal demand.

3 - Shipping & Delivery

NŌRIEN ships through selected courier partners suitable for fragile glass bottles and premium beverage handling. Shipping options, fees, and estimated delivery times will be shown at checkout where available. Complimentary shipping may be offered for selected orders, destinations, or seasonal campaigns.

Orders may require a recipient signature upon delivery. We are unable to ship to P.O. boxes, parcel lockers, or unattended delivery locations where safe receipt of fragile glass bottles cannot be ensured.

Once an order has been marked as delivered by the courier, responsibility for receiving and safely storing the package transfers to the recipient. This does not affect any rights you may have under applicable consumer law.

4 - International Orders

International shipping may be available by destination and order type. Delivery times vary depending on courier service, customs clearance, local regulations, import restrictions, and seasonal conditions.

For international orders, duties, taxes, customs fees, import permits, customs brokerage charges, or local compliance requirements are the responsibility of the recipient unless otherwise stated at checkout.

If a shipment is refused, undeliverable, delayed, or returned due to incorrect address information, unpaid customs charges, failed delivery attempts, local import restrictions, or recipient unavailability, any additional shipping, return, storage, or handling costs may be deducted from your refund where permitted by law.

5 - Receiving Your Order & Product Care

Please inspect your package as soon as it arrives. If the outer carton appears damaged, wet, opened, leaking, or visibly mishandled, please photograph the package before opening it. We also recommend keeping all original packaging until you have confirmed that the bottles and gift packaging are in good condition.

Storage Notice: For best quality, bottles should be stored refrigerated after receipt unless otherwise stated on the product page or bottle label. Please keep bottles upright and away from heat, direct sunlight, freezing temperatures, and unsafe handling.

6 - Damaged, Incorrect, or Missing Items

If your order arrives damaged, incorrect, incomplete, or leaking, please contact us within 24 hours of delivery at client@drinknorien.com.

To expedite your request, please include:

  • Order number & recipient name
  • Delivery address
  • Photos of the outer carton and inner packaging
  • Clear photos of damaged bottles, labels, capsules, corks, closures, or gift boxes
  • Batch code or best-before date (where visible)

Please keep the bottle, cork, capsule, closure, remaining contents, and packaging until the case is resolved. We may need this information to assess the issue with our fulfillment team or courier partner. Where the issue is confirmed, NŌRIEN may offer a replacement, store credit, or refund depending on stock availability, destination, and the nature of the issue.

7 - Product Quality Concerns

NŌRIEN is made from single-origin teas. Natural variation in aroma, color, tea haze, sediment, and seasonal expression may occur between harvests and releases. These variations are part of the character of seasonal, minimally interpreted tea production and do not indicate a product fault.

If you believe a bottle is genuinely faulty, please contact us as soon as possible, ideally within 24 hours of opening, and include your order number, batch code, best-before date, photos, and a description of the issue. Please do not discard the bottle, cork, closure, or remaining contents until we have reviewed the case.

Taste preference, seasonal variation, natural sediment, tea haze, or differences from a previous release are not considered product faults unless accompanied by a confirmed quality issue.

8 - Returns

Because NŌRIEN is a consumable sparkling beverage, returns are strictly limited to protect product safety and quality. Subject to applicable law, we cannot accept returns for:

  • Opened bottles
  • Bottles with broken seals, removed capsules, loosened corks, damaged closures, or compromised packaging
  • Products that have been improperly stored or handled after delivery
  • Products exposed to heat, freezing, direct sunlight, or unsafe conditions after receipt
  • Products returned without their original, intact packaging
  • Gift sets or limited allocations that have been opened, damaged, separated, or made incomplete
  • Bespoke, private-label, corporate, made-to-order, or special production products
  • Products purchased from restaurants, hotels, retailers, distributors, event partners, or other third-party channels

Where local consumer law provides a cooling-off, cancellation, or return right, NŌRIEN will honor applicable legal requirements. Returned products must be unopened, unused, undamaged, complete, and in their original packaging. This policy does not affect your statutory rights for products that arrive damaged, defective, incorrect, or not as described.

9 - Cancellations & Order Change

Orders may be cancelled or amended before fulfillment begins. Once an order has been packed, allocated, dispatched, or handed to the courier, cancellation or amendment is no longer possible.

For pre-orders, seasonal releases, private allocations, bespoke projects, corporate gifting, private-label, and special production orders, cancellation terms may differ and will be explicitly stated at the time of purchase or quotation. These specialized orders may become entirely non-refundable once sourcing, formulation, packaging, personalization, or allocation has begun.

10 - Refunds

Approved refunds are issued to the original payment method unless otherwise agreed. Refunds are generally processed within 30 business days after the returned product has been received and inspected, or after a claim has been approved. Your bank, payment provider, or card issuer may require additional processing time.

Original shipping fees, customs duties, taxes, return shipping, storage fees, or handling charges are non-refundable unless required by law, or unless the return is due to an operational error by NŌRIEN.

11 - Gifts

For gift orders, refunds can only be issued to the original purchaser and original payment method. If a gift arrives damaged, incomplete, or leaking, the recipient or purchaser may contact us with the order details so we can assist discreetly with a replacement or resolution.

12 - Purchases from Other Retailers

Products purchased from restaurants, hotels, retailers, distributors, event partners, or other third-party channels must be returned or resolved directly with the original place of purchase, according to their individual policy.

However, NŌRIEN may still assist with product quality reviews where batch information, best-before dates, and purchase details can be provided.

13 - Contact & Client Care

For order support, please contact our team:

To help us assist you swiftly, please include your order number in the subject line or body of your message.

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