We often talk about the many challenges that Japanese tea is facing nowadays. One of which is the lost of interest in tea by younger generations. In Japan, younger people are often turning away from Japanese tea because they see it as something old-fashioned and they look for something more exciting or different – as […]
Last 27th of January we had one more Meet the Tea Farmer event. This time we met Yoshihiro Sugimoto, a third generation tea farmer from Wazuka, Kyoto; a good crew of our members joined from all over the world (Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and USA!) Sugimoto-san cultivates and produces sencha, matcha and wakoucha […]
In our previous articles on Japanese tea kinds, we often talked about seasonal types of tea and even teas that are considered more rare in Japan. This time we are going to write about quite the opposite: the most common and widespread tea produced (and still consumed) in Japan – sencha! Let’s see more in […]
During the past weekend of 24th and 25th of October, Nomad Tea Festival Europe was celebrated online. At the festival, participants could virtually visit different tea vendors, chat with them, see their teas or listening to their presentations. Among the exhibitors, 3 of them specialise exclusively on Japanese teas: Yunomi, Sono Organic and The Japanese […]
During the hot summer months in Japan it is common to drink cold brew tea. In an earlier article we spoke about “mizudashi“, that is the cold brew of tea. This time, we would like to talk about another incredibly refreshing way of having tea in the hot weather – kōridashi 氷出し! Why do we […]
If April is the month for first harvest and shincha, May is when shaded spring teas are harvested.What is a shaded tea or, as they are called in Japanese, “kabuse” かぶせ? The world kabuse かぶせ literally means cover and a shaded tea means that its cultivation method involves shading the tea plants before harvesting. This […]
As we keep on saying, there is not much information on Japanese tea that can be found outside Japan and in other languages than Japanese. That is why, during 2019, we have been super happy to see the outcome of two new books about Japanese tea in English! As the newest one was published just […]
Your name: Gabriella Scarpa Where are you based: Venice, Italy What do you do: I’m a certified UK Tea Academy 2nd level Tea Sommelier and I work in the Tea Field as a Consultant, Tea Educator and Tea Events Specialist. I’m still studying at the UK […]