May is usually a really busy time for Japanese tea. While some prefectures were in the full swing of harvesting first flush tea (一番茶), Kagoshima prefecture had already started harvesting second flush (二番茶) in the middle of May; and the tea reached Shizuoka tea auction on 21st May. However, except for high grade and shaded […]
If April is the month for first harvest and shincha, May is when shaded spring teas are harvested.What is a shaded tea or, as they are called in Japanese, “kabuse” かぶせ? The world kabuse かぶせ literally means cover and a shaded tea means that its cultivation method involves shading the tea plants before harvesting. This […]
To emphasize the world-wide economic and cultural significance of tea, at the end of last year the United Nations designated 21st May as the International Tea Day. Tea cultivation and processing is the main source of income to many families around the world. Some of the biggest tea producing countries, however, are among the poorest […]
Your name: Louise Thiaville Where are you based: Sendai, Japan What do you do: I am doing a PhD about the growth of rice plants, when they are still very young. I am especially interested in their “strategy” and “learning” (yes yes!): […]
April is usually an exciting month for Japanese tea, as that’s when some of the first tea of the year is produced. This year, however, the mood has been a little grim, because of the spread of COVID-19. The tea sales in major cities of Japan have been sluggish and many farmers are worried if […]
We are now calling the first 100 Pioneer Members! Our membership program is at the core of our organisation. It plays the key role towards fulfilling our mission to spark new growth in the Japanese tea world through global collaboration. We believe that by coming together we can address various domestic and international challenges Japanese […]
While we have been holding weekly online tea parties for our members since 25th Match, on the 24th April we held our first public Global Japanese Tea Party. All together over 15 people joined us from all around the world including the USA, Germany, Lebanon, South Africa, Singapore, etc. We crossed over many timezones and some […]
My name is Xenia Blanco, I am from Spain originally, Glasgow, Berlin and Munich, are among of the destinations I have lived in before I relocated to Gothenburg, Sweden, where I currently live. I joined the Global Japanese Tea Association as a Tea Fellow member at the end of last year and I couldn’t be […]