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Japanese Tea Report – May 2026

Deep into the spring harvest season, May was filled with tea-related events across Japan enjoying the freshness of the year’s new tea. […]

When a new tea field is planted, how is it done? The most natural way to propagate a tea plant is […]

On 22nd February we had one more Meet The Tea Farmer Event. This was the turn of Morihiko Yamamoto, 5th generation tea […]

In the past we have published a few articles about different kinds of bancha. Nevertheless, we have never explained before what the […]

Spring has arrived and with it the so much awaited first harvest! “Shincha 新茶”, or “fresh tea”, is the very first tea […]

At the Meet the Tea Farmer of last 23rd of March, we had the pleasure to – virtually – sit down and […]

If April is the month for first harvest and shincha, May is when shaded spring teas are harvested.What is a shaded tea […]

March is the month when winter sets off and tea plants are pruned to be prepared for the incoming spring. The big leaves […]