I learned about this book from the author himself, Tyas Sōsen of The Tea Crane. I follow him on Facebook. Without thinking it twice, I bought it in order...
Podcast 041: Tea Events with Elyse Petersen
In this episode, Elyse Petersen of Tealet shares her experience with organizing tea events. She recently wrote a related article on T Ching. Tea events are the key to...
Masters Teas Shincha Sencha
Masters Teas is a sister site of Adagio Teas. Its focus is high grade artisan tea. I’ve been fortunate enough to receive a couple of Japanese teas from them....
Ask This of Rikyu (Movie Review)
In the past I’ve posted tea and tea book reviews. This will be the first movie review. There are three Japanese movies about Sen no Rikyū. I’ll start by...
The Tea Lifestyle
Are you living the tea lifestyle? I recently realized that this term exists. While it changes depending on the local tea culture, I’ll attempt to describe it in this...
Naoki Matcha Silver Yame Blend
Hiro from Naoki Matcha contacted me some time ago. I didn’t know about this online store until then. After seeing the website, I was very impressed and eager to...
How my Preferences in Tea have Changed
I’ve been a regular tea drinker for about sixteen years. My preferences have changed along the way. You can probably relate to my experience. My first contact with real...
Podcast 040: Oscar Brekell Talks About The Book of Japanese Tea
I reviewed The Book of Japanese Tea some time ago. It’s my favorite book about Japanese tea so far. In this podcast episode Oscar Brekell tells us about how...
Sugimoto Tea Sencha Kanayamidori
Single cultivar sencha is slowly becoming more popular. At least in Japan. I’m very thankful to Sugimoto Tea for giving me this sample, and for making these type of...
Three Teas Umami Seasoning
I received a tea recipe booklet from Sugimoto Tea. This seasoning recipe has three Japanese green teas in it: houjicha, sencha and genmaicha. That’s why I had to try...
The Asanoka Tea Cultivar
Asanoka is one of those Japanese cultivars that are uncommon, but you can manage to buy a sencha made with it outside Japan. It is mostly cultivated in Kagoshima...
Tomizawa Tea Garden Kabusecha Okumidori
This is another interesting tea sample courtesy of Ian Chun from Yunomi. Tomizawa Tea Garden is located in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture. The company was founded in 1930. They...