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Did you buy a tea that you just don’t enjoy as much? Or perhaps you bought too much of a single tea and now you worry that you’ll get...

Some days ago a Japanese friend send me a picture. It looked like crystals that had grown on top of some of the tea leaves. She told me that...

Harunonagori (はるのなごり) is a late budding cultivar that can be used for sencha and oolong production. The name can be literally translated as the sorrow of the passing of...

At my balcony, I have some tea plants that I’ve been taking care of. Since their are still too young, I don’t get to harvest them regularly. Also, I’ve...

Haruto 34 (はると34) is a very early budding cultivar with a good taste and aroma. The name comes from the Chinese characters 春翔, meaning spring and soar. Hence the...

Karukan (軽羹) is a traditional sweet from Kyushu. It’s made with rice flour, Japanese mountain yam (山芋, yamaimo, Dioscorea japonica), sugar, and water. Japanese mountain yam is the most...

Nagomiyutaka (なごみゆたか) can be translated as “relaxing richness”. It was named this way because it is rich in L-theanine, which is a relaxing compound. History of Nagomiyutaka In 1988...

In Japanese, chairo (茶色) literally means “tea color”. Oddly enough, this color is brown instead of green. Green tea leaves are green, and the liquor of most Japanese green...

Usually, after the tea leaves are infused, only the liquid is poured into the teacup. That is, the tea leaves are filtered out. If we keep the tea leaves...

Sayamaakari (さやまあかり) is basically an upgraded Sayamakaori. Its name means “Sayama light”. The name was chosen with the hope that it will shine a bright light upon the future...

Okuharuka (おくはるか) can be translated as “interior spring aroma”. “Oku” is a prefix used for late budding cultivars, and “haruka” refers to the cherry blossom leaf aroma of this...

I stumbled upon a video which I found to be interesting. It’s one part of a series about Japanese tea day in 2022. Unfortunately, the video doesn’t have English...