The Ryoufuu Tea Cultivar

Ryoufuu (りょうふう, 涼風) means “cool breeze”. This cultivar was developed in Shizuoka prefecture for sencha production. The name comes from the fact that it has a refreshing aroma and...

Mizuba Tea yorokobi matcha

Mizuba Tea Yorokobi Matcha

After the podcast interview with Lauren from Mizuba Tea, she sent me some samples for review. Yorokobi is an organic ceremonial matcha made with the Okumidori and Kanayamidori cultivars....

The Life of Tea (Book Review)

This book is fairly new, it was published on August of 2018. The photography is excellent because one of the authors, Michael Freeman, is a professional photographer. Timothy d’Offay,...

Bizenya Kohaku

Bizenya Kohaku

I found this tea from Bizenya but I can’t remember who gave it to me in the first place. The good thing is that it’s a very interesting tea....

Japanese green tea refining

Japanese Green Tea Refining

After the initial process is complete, aracha (crude tea) needs to be refined. In Japan, the refining process (shiage, 仕上げ) is usually done by the tea wholesalers. This process...

aracha processing

Aracha Processing

Aracha is a crude tea. This tea has gone through an initial process, but is still unrefined. The aracha process varies for each type of tea. For this post,...

my japanese green tea podcast

Podcast 038: Mizuba Tea

I had heard about Mizuba Tea many times before, but I hadn’t talked with its founder Lauren Danson until now. Mizuba Tea specializes in matcha. Naturally, we talk a...

Suisouen organic matcha brewed

Suisouen Organic Matcha

This matcha from Suisouen comes from Kagoshima prefecture and is JAS organic certified. Many thanks to Webexpoo for giving me this tea. Suisouen is a tea company in Azumino,...

pectin in green tea

Pectin in Green Tea

Pectin is a polysaccharide commonly found in the cell walls of plants. It is a type of water-soluble dietary fiber. In the food industry it’s used as a gelling...

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