Category: Product Reviews

This sencha comes from Kirishima, Kagoshima prefecture. It’s sold by Nio Teas. I like this cultivar. It’s quite similar in taste to Yabukita, so it can make a classic...

Sugimoto Tea offers rare teas for wholesale accounts only, and for a limited time. Luckily, I get samples of those teas every now and then. I tasted a kamairicha...

This sencha comes from Tanegashima, and island of Kagoshima prefecture. I find it interesting because it’s made with the Shuntarou cultivar, which I haven’t tasted before. By the way,...

I’ve been worrying because tomorrow is an important day at work. It’s about possibly acquiring a big client and taking the business to the next level. But enough about...

Spring has begun. What a better way to celebrate it than by tasting a sencha from the Harumidori (spring green) cultivar. I received this interesting sample from Sugimoto Tea....

I haven’t tried a tencha in a long time. It’s an uncommon tea, because most of the tencha is ground to obtain matcha. This one is organic, and sold...

This is a product from a Kickstarter campaign by Sanko Matcha Products. It’s a matcha bowl that has been specifically designed to improve whisking. They call it “one-dimensional matcha...

This is my first tea review of 2024. I decided to taste the Chiyo Mukashi matcha from Maiko Tea. According to them, it is used by many tea houses...

I rarely drink tea blends. One exception is genmaicha, because it’s such a common tea blend in Japan. I’m also a big fan of yuzu. This citrus fruit has...

I’m a big fan of Asatsuyu, because this cultivar results in a sencha with a bold umami taste. That’s why I’m happy to review this tea. Dobashien is a...

This book is from Nicole Wilson, a fellow tea blogger. She published the book about a year ago, but I hadn’t bought it because I mostly drink straight loose...

I received a special sample from Sugimoto Tea. It’s a single cultivar kamairicha from this year’s spring harvest. This type of tea is uncommon, but it’s even more uncommon...