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New Year’s Chakai with MellowSheng

Jenny Chih Chieh Teng is not only a long time tea friend of ours, but also the founder of Mellow Sheng, a […]

Kirin Beverage announced that it will relaunch its green tea drink Kirin Nama-cha on March 10, featuring an enhanced manufacturing process to […]

Chawan, tea bowls traditionally used for matcha, come in many styles by incredible artists. Among them, the most emblematic is probably Raku […]

On October 25th, at Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Shiga, a very special tea offering ceremony took place. The area surrounding this stunning […]

Last 28th July the tea community in London, UK, celebrated the third edition of Summer Tea Festival organised by London Tea Friends. This […]

In Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, valued and high status pieces such as the chaire (tea caddy) and prized chawan are displayed […]

On 15th July I attended a “Chakai”. Talking with the person that made it and her difficulty in translating the word into […]

In Hyōgo prefecture there is small old town named Izushi. It has the old castle ruins, a shrine, a torii gate… and […]