2020-01-272022-05-31Tea Kinds Wakoucha (和紅茶) Red Tea from Japan: that is the exact translation of Wakoucha. But we in Europe call it a black tea, and for […]
2019-11-292021-02-23Tea Kinds Kukicha (茎茶) The world of Japanese tea is wide and deep. By now many people know Matcha, Gyokuro, Sencha. Some other teas may not […]
2019-05-222021-02-23Tea 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 […]
2019-03-282020-04-08Tea 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 […]
2019-02-262020-04-08Tea Kinds The History of Japanese Black Tea – Wakoucha – Part 2 In 1874, Japanese authorities invited two Chinese tea experts to teach black tea processing techniques to Japanese farmers. The produced teas were […]
2019-02-262020-01-13Tea Kinds The History of Japanese Black Tea – Wakoucha – Part 1 It comes as no surprise to many that when you leaf through books on Japanese tea, you more often than not encounter […]
2019-01-302022-05-31Tea Kinds Goishicha (碁石茶) We would like to introduce you to a type of Japanese tea that is so rare that nowadays only 7 farmers produce […]