Tamaryokucha 玉緑茶
After last month’s article about kamairicha (釜炒り茶) and last week’s Meet the Tea Farmer Event, we thought it would be good to […]
Japanese Tea Report – July 2022
By the end of July most of the summer harvest has been completed and it is a good time to take a […]
Meet the Tea Farmer – Kenji Inoue
On 20th July we had the pleasure of hosting Kenji Inoue for our “Meet the Tea Farmer” webcast series! Inoue-san is the […]
Japanese Tea Courses in Kyoto
At last Japanese tea courses are returning to Kyoto! After a two-year break, when our courses were only available online, we are […]
Kamairicha (釜炒り茶)
Most Japanese teas have a straight needle shape. Not kamairicha, though, the leaves of which are twisted and curled. What is kamairicha, […]
Japanese Tea Report – June 2022
The beginning of June typically marks the end of the spring harvesting season. Then the rainy season begins and replenishes the moisture […]
Japanese Tea Event in Romans d’Isonzo, Italy
On 25th May Anna was invited by her hometown’s city council and by the local Karate-do group “ASD Sakura CSS” to give […]
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 […]