The tea cultivar Fuushun (ふうしゅん,富春) means “rich spring”. This cultivar is more resistant to cold weather than Yabukita and has a greater yield, even if using less fertilizer. Normally,...
Cha Doraku Kaori
I received this rare Japanese tea from Cha Doraku, a tea company located in Canada. Kaori is an ichou (sligh withering, also called bihakkou) asamushi (light steamed) sencha from...
Podcast 024: Den’s Tea
Den’s Tea is a tea company from California that sells Japanese tea. In this episode I interview Den Shirakata, a third-generation tea merchant and owner of Den’s Tea. We...
The Taste of Tea Lounge
At a recent trip to Sonoma county with my family I had the pleasure to visit The Taste of Tea in Healdsburg, California. I had previously reviewed some teas...
DoMatcha Organic Ceremonial Matcha
This tea was give to me by Gislinde Bronson of DoMatcha when I met her at this year’s World Tea Expo. I hadn’t tried an organic matcha before, so...
Podcast 023: Compounds in Japanese Powdered Teas
Noli Ergas from Sugimoto America tells us the results from the analysis of their powdered teas: high and low grade matcha, houjicha powder and genmaicha powder. How much calories,...
Podcast 022: Urasenke School of The Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Urasenke school of the tea Japanese tea ceremony is the most popular, in terms of number of members. To learn more about it, I interviewed Reina Sakao of...
Sugimoto America Temomi Shincha
I’m very thankful to Sugimoto America for giving me this tea for review. Temomi shincha (hand-rolled tea from the first harvest) is very rare and expensive. It requires a...
World Tea Expo 2015 Part 4
This is the final post in a series about the World Tea Expo 2015. Click here for part 1. Another interesting booth from a company that I didn’t know...
World Tea Expo 2015 Part 3
This is the third part of the World Tea Expo 2015 series. Click here for part 1. This year’s tea trend is matcha. It has become very popular, you’ll...
World Tea Expo 2015 Part 2
This is part 2 of a series about the World Tea Expo 2015. Click here for part 1. The next booth was very interesting. I had heard good things...
World Tea Expo 2015
This year the World Tea Expo was held at the Long Beach Convention Center, the same place as last year. I was invited as a member of the press,...