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In Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, valued and high status pieces such as the chaire (tea caddy) and prized chawan are displayed […]

If you visit Japan, at some point you will definitely notice the love for “yuru-kyara” (ゆるキャラ), the cute funny characters that are […]

On the 29th of March, we had the last Meet the Tea Farmer event before the spring tea season. This time it […]

On 22nd February we had one more Meet The Tea Farmer Event. This was the turn of Morihiko Yamamoto, 5th generation tea […]

In January we started again our Meet the Tea Farmer events! The guest this time was Tatefumi Mataki, a young tea farmer […]

On 19th October Anna was invited by Sociedad de Estudios Asiáticos of University Francisco de Vitoria of Madrid, to give a talk […]

In the past we have published a few articles about different kinds of bancha. Nevertheless, we have never explained before what the […]

We often talk about the many challenges that Japanese tea is facing nowadays. One of which, is the lack of young people […]