Tamaryokucha 玉緑茶
After last month’s article about kamairicha (釜炒り茶) and last week’s Meet the Tea Farmer Event, we thought it would be good to […]
Category: Tea Kinds
Kamairicha (釜炒り茶)
Most Japanese teas have a straight needle shape. Not kamairicha, though, the leaves of which are twisted and curled. What is kamairicha, […]
Matcha (抹茶)
Matcha (抹茶) is one of the most traditional teas in Japan and it has even evolved into a way of life. For […]
Batabatacha (バタバタ茶)
Originally introduced from China, Batabatacha is the Japanese post-fermented tea that bears the closest similarity to Chinese pu-erh. It is typical to […]
Ishizuchi Kurocha (石鎚黒茶)
History Ishizuchi kurocha is an extremely rare tea. It has been produced in Japan for centuries, but its precise origins, always associated […]
Goishicha (碁石茶)
History Goishicha’s production is almost exclusively limited to the area around Ootoyo town in Kōchi prefecture, where it is registered as a […]
Awabancha (阿波晩茶/阿波番茶)
History Awabancha is an artisan-produced post-fermented tea from Tokushima prefecture. According to the legend, its long tradition dates back to the ninth […]
Sencha (煎茶)
In our previous articles on Japanese tea kinds, we often talked about seasonal types of tea and even teas that are considered […]