2022-05-312022-06-01Tea Culture, Tea Seasons Hachiju Hachiya (八十八夜) “The summer is coming, Hachiju Hachiya” (夏も近づく八十八夜). This is a line in an old Japanese song, called “Tea Picking” (茶つみ). It was […]
2022-05-302022-06-01Tea News, Tea Reports Japanese Tea Report – May 2022 May is usually the peak of the spring harvesting season in Japan. That also means it is a great time to celebrate […]
2022-04-282022-05-31Tea News, Tea Regions Kagoshima Tea Samples around the World A couple of months ago, the Kagoshima Tea Industry Assembly organised a project to promote Kagoshima tea around the world. A selection […]
2022-04-28GJTea News, Tea Events Introduction to Japanese Tea at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid On 20th April we were invited by the Sociedad de Estudios Asiaticos of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain, to […]
2022-04-282022-05-31Tea News, Tea Recipes Japanese green tea from previous year(s) Spring has arrived and with it the so much awaited first harvest! “Shincha 新茶”, or “fresh tea”, is the very first tea […]
2022-04-272022-04-27Tea News, Tea Reports Japanese Tea Report – April 2022 April is an exciting time for Japanese tea. During this month most tea regions in Japan already start producing new spring tea. […]
2022-04-242022-09-30Tea News, Tea Seasons Start of the New Tea Season April is here and the new tea season in Japan has begun. This year winter was quite cold. Between January and March […]
2022-04-242022-09-28GJTea News, Tea News, Tea Regions New Project – Video Series “Tea Regions of Japan” Typically, in Japan the new work year starts at the beginning of April. This is when new students join universities, new employees […]