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 […]
Category: Tea 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]