We said many times there is not much published on Japanese tea in other languages and some time ago we reviewed 3 great books published in English. We are now very happy to see two new publications that came out only a few months ago: “Tea Stories: Japan”, in English and “La finestra sul tè” […]
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 […]
The past weekend Berlin Tea Festival took place: we had high expectations but the real event surpassed them all! An incredible, warm and wide tea community gathered in Berlin for this beautiful festival. With over 50 exhibitors, active projects and 60 programs, more than 1000 participants attended: a melting pot of tea lovers coming from […]
On 11th May Anna was invited by Jenny Chih-Chieh Teng from Mellow Sheng to join one of her beautiful tea ceremonies in Barcelona. As they both share a passion for kombucha and fermentation, Anna was asked to brew Goishicha! The ceremony started with an introduction of the teas – and the brewers – and went on […]