If you look at a Japanese tea field, you’ll often see what looks like tall posts with small fans on top. Have you wondered what they are for? The...
Ice Brewing Gyokuro
I’m sure that you’re familiar with iced tea, but did you know that you can brew tea using ice only? Ice brewing, or ice steeping, is called kooridashi (氷出し)...
The Tea With the Highest Saponin Content: Saponincha
Did you know that there’s a tea that’s mainly drank for its saponin content? It’s called saponincha (サポニン茶, saponin tea) in Japan, and it’s a real tea in the...
How to Make Kaga Boucha at Home
Have you tried kaga boucha before? It’s basically roasted kukicha and it’s named after Kaga city in Ishikawa prefecture. Other names for it are houjikukicha (焙じ茎茶) and kukihoujicha (茎焙じ茶)....
The Persimmon Tree Sencha
I’ve been enjoying this tea for the past weeks, it’s almost over now. Sencha is the second tea that I drink the most, after genmaicha. The Persimmon Tree Sencha...
Podcast 005: Sakao Enterprise
I first met Reina Sakao on Google+, she’s active in the the Japanese Tea Community. She posts beautiful pictures of teaware there, so I encourage you to join. It’s...
Podcast 004: Everyone’s Tea
I asked Kohei Yamamoto for an interview because I like his tea blog, and he offers very good teaware in his online shop. He also knows a lot about...
Kesennuma Kuwacha Sencha
This isn’t a type of sencha but rather an herbal tea made from mulberry leaf and processed in the same way as sencha. Kuwacha is a healthy tea that...
Kuwacha
Have you ever heard about Kuwacha? Kuwacha (桑茶, mulberry leaf tea) is a tisane made from the leaves of the mulberry plant. It has been traditionally drunk in Japan...
Podcast 003: Boutique Teas
This episode’s guest is Tiffany Williams, owner of Boutique Teas. It was fun talking with Tiffany because she also lived in Japan and is a green tea lover too....
Obubu Tea Kyobancha
This kyobancha from yunomi.life is made by Obubu Tea. I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time because it’s not easy to find this type of green...
Podcast 002: Yunomi.us
This time I’m interviewing Ian Chun from Yunomi.us. Since Yunomi.us specializes in Japanese tea, it’s a great match for the blog. Ian was in Japan while I interviewed him,...