2023-01-312023-01-31Tea Seasons Winter Activities on a Tea Farm It is cold in the winter and the tea bushes are resting now. But it does not mean there is nothing to […]
2022-05-312022-06-01Tea Culture, Tea Seasons 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 […]
2022-04-242022-09-30Tea News, Tea Seasons Start of the New Tea Season April is here and the new tea season in Japan has begun. This year winter was quite cold. Between January and March […]
2020-12-302022-05-31Tea Culture, Tea Kinds, Tea Seasons Obukucha (大福茶) Have you heard of Obukucha – the special tea that people in Japan drink around the new year? The name Obukucha (大福茶), […]
2020-07-272022-05-31Tea Seasons Tea Seasons in Japan Many countries in the world are able to produce tea all year round, In Japan the main tea production takes place between […]
2020-04-082022-05-31Tea Seasons The New Tea Season and Its Odor of Freshness “The new tea season is here, limited stock only!” and so just as spring comes to full bloom, one cannot miss seeing […]
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 […]