2022-04-232022-05-31GJTea News, Tea News New Project – Japanese Tea Evangelist Program It is well known that, Japanese tea here in Japan is seen as old-fashioned, and young people are rarely drinking it anymore, […]
2022-03-302022-03-31Tea News, Tea Reports Japanese Tea Report – March 2022 Tea buds have started to grow – it is not too long until we can taste the new tea. In fact, a […]
2022-03-302022-05-31Tea Education, Tea Events, Tea News Academic Seminar ‘Discovering New Attraction of Matcha’ 2022 In the years of the pandemic the topics of health have been on the minds of many. Last year Kyoto Prefecture held […]
2022-03-302022-05-31GJTea News, Tea Events, Tea Persons, Tea Producers, Tea Regions Meet the Tea Farmer – Masaru Nakamori At the Meet the Tea Farmer of last 23rd of March, we had the pleasure to – virtually – sit down and […]
2022-03-272022-05-31Tea Culture Sen no Rikyu Memorial Tea Ceremony Sen no Rikyu is known as the father of the Japanese tea ceremony. But, who exactly was Sen no Rikyu? In ancient […]
2022-02-252022-03-30Tea News, Tea Reports Japanese Tea Report – February 2022 February is one of the coldest months in Japan. Soon, however, it will start getting warmer, spring is not too far away. […]
2022-02-252022-05-31Tea Culture, Tea Persons, Tea Regions Tanimura Tango and Takayama Chasen (高山の茶筅) The traditional whisk used to prepare matcha is called chasen (茶筅). It was invented in Takayama, a little mountain town in Nara […]
2022-01-312022-02-26Tea News, Tea Reports Japanese Tea Report – January 2022 It is January. And here is 2022. Even if winter is typically a resting time for Japanese tea, both tea picking and […]