2019-05-222024-03-20Tea Kinds Gyokuro (玉露) Spring is when some of the most prized Japanese teas are made. Called ‘jade dew’, gyokuro is one of the highest-grade teas […]
2019-05-222022-05-31Tea Culture, Tea Events Black&White Tea Ceremony in Barcelona On 11th May Anna was invited by Jenny Chih-Chieh Teng from Mellow Sheng to join one of her beautiful tea ceremonies in Barcelona. […]
2019-04-262021-02-23Tea Events, Tea News, Tea Regions The Opening of Kyoto Tea Auction 2019 Even today a lot of tea in Japan is sold in tea auctions. The first opening of the auction is always a […]
2019-04-262022-10-03Tea Seasons Shincha (新茶) Many have heard this word, but what does it mean? It seems there is quite a bit of confusion around it. In […]
2019-03-282024-03-10GJTea News, Tea Events, Tea News Bologna Tea Festival 2019 Bologna Tea Festival In Tè Festival in Italy was fun and inspiring! 9 people attended our workshop on regional banchas. To our surprise, […]
2019-03-282020-04-08Tea Kinds Kyobancha (京番茶) March is the month when winter sets off and tea plants are pruned to be prepared for the incoming spring. The big leaves […]
2019-03-272022-05-31Tea Events, Tea News, Tea Regions Kyoto Tea Professional Competition 2019 Japan, one of the ten largest tea producers in the world, have a large number of tea professionals involved with Japanese tea […]
2019-03-272022-05-31Tea Events, Tea News Kyoto Tea Hand-Rolling Competition 2019 Back in the old days, tea used to be picked and processed by hand. Through modernization this practice got replaced by machinery. […]