100 Famous Teas is the contest in Shizuoka prefecture. It is not a competition to find the best tea, but the contest of individuality. The main criteria for the tea to be selected as one on 100 Famous Tea is to be unique, and the selected teas get the right to use the special label […]
After a one year break Nihoncha Award is back to select the best Japanese teas. The tea competition is normally organized in 3 rounds where both tea professionals and tea lovers, people in Japan and abroad can contribute to the selection of the best teas. The competition was started in 2014 with the goal to […]
My name is Alba Ameller, and I am very honored to be a member of the Global Japanese Tea Association. My goal is to revitalize the art of Japanese Tea Ceremony for everyone’s joy. Allow me to share my journey up now, and little bit of my background down below: ————————————————– Originally from Barcelona, Alba […]
Stefania is the founder of Tea Academy Italia, started in 2017 to spread tea culture in Italy. Tea Academy Italia is a partner of UK Tea Academy. Stefania is the Tea Educator teaching tea courses in Tea Academy. She is also the owner of a Tea Room called Tête à Thé no so far from […]
In 2019 The UN designated 21st May as the International Tea Day to bring more attention to the importance of tea and highlight its long history as well as deep cultural and economic significance around the world. The International Tea Day was first observed in 2020 and this year was a second time. To observe […]
Spring tea harvest in Japan has already begun! And this year it is earlier than usual. February and March this year were warmer than normal and tea started sprouting early. Therefore, tea harvesting in most tea growing regions around the country started about a week earlier compared to last year. In Kagoshima tea auction opened […]
Green Tea and Health Symposium was held in Kyoto on 15th April and the specific focus was on the green tea effect on the new corona virus. The symposium was organized and sponsored by Kyoto prefecture and the general population could join online through Zoom. The symposium started with the presentation by the keynote speaker […]
You probably know that Tokyo will make the second attempt to hold the Olympic Games 2020 this summer. Inspired by the athletic spirit of the Olympic Games, we are happy to say that during the same period we will hold the Japanese Tea Marathon! ‘What is the Japanese Tea Marathon?’ you may ask. The marathon […]