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Tea Quality

43 views December 28, 2022 inFeatured Tea

In Japan, tea quality at tea competitions are evaluated by the 5 senses of several judges. However, the judges may not always be able to judge objectively based on the [...]

History of Tea Trade

125 views October 24, 2022 inTea History

(This blog is based on some information that Tomoe personally took from Robert Hellyer's book, "Green with Milk & Sugar", 2021, and added her personal comments. It includes information [...]

Shimane Tea History – Fumai Matsudaira

301 views November 11, 2021 inAll Posts

When we talk about Shimane tea, we can't miss Fumai Matsudaira, the Lord of Matsue Domain in the Edo period. Because he was a devoted tea lover and he encouraged [...]

Ishizuchi Kurocha – Japanese Post-fermented Tea

505 views September 16, 2021 inFeatured Tea

Ishizuchi Kurocha is thought to be the oldest Japanese post-fermented tea in Shikoku Island. And the tea had been made at Ishizuchi Village, at the foothills of Mt. Ishizuchi, [...]

Kamairicha Producer – Miyazaki Sabo

1023 views March 6, 2020 inTea Farmer

Miyazaki Sabo is like a whirlwind—an initiator, a pioneer, an influencer; the farm impacts others and keeps going, keeps moving on to the new stage, never staying in the [...]

Nihoncha Award and Overseas Customer

1035 views January 13, 2020 inTea Event

Nihoncha Award is the award chosen by both tea judges and consumers in Japan. There were 463 tea entries in this contest in total, and the first judging was [...]

San Francisco and Tamaryokucha

1020 views December 10, 2019 inTea Event

San Francisco – nostalgic, historic, creative, and innovative city. And San Francisco is a special city for Japan and Japanese tea. In 1869, a group of Japanese immigrants escaped the [...]

Safe Japanese Teas

1396 views October 2, 2019 inTea Safety

People today increasingly concern about food safety and health. And this is also the case with Japanese tea. The lecture – “Safe and healthy Japanese Tea” at Kyoto Tea Marketplace, [...]

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