Roasted gyokuro

Roasting Gyokuro

Today I’ll be doing something very uncommon, but curiosity knows no bounds 🙂 It all began when I opened a package of gyokuro that was very old, 3 years...

my japanese green tea podcast

Podcast 018: Tealet

Elyse Petersen is well known in the tea industry. She is the founder of Tealet, a tea company that aims to narrow the gap between tea producers and tea...

Aiya Matcha to Go

Matcha to Go is the latest tea from Aiya. By combining matcha with dietary fiber, this matcha  can  be prepared without the need of whisking or even hot water....

The Musashikaori Tea Cultivar

The Mushashikaori tea cultivar, meaning “Musashi aroma” is named after the Musashi province, which encompassed what is now Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. It was registered in 1997 as Japanese...

Kurihara Oku Yame Black Tea

Japanese black tea, wakoucha, was rarely found outside Japan. But thanks to yunomi.life people all over the world have now access to it. Kurihara Family Tea Gardens is located...

The Unkai Tea Cultivar

The Unkai (うんかい) cultivar is named “sea of clouds” (雲海) and is used for making kamairicha. It was developed by the Miyazaki Agricultural Research Institute and registered in 1970...

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