Tenjocha Fugaku (天上茶 富嶽) can be translated as “heavens tea from Mount Fuji”. I received this sample thanks to webexpoo.com, a site where you can source Japanese products. It’s...
Kanes Organic Matcha Kaze
I have tasted many teas thanks to my friends at Kanes, but this is the first time that I review a matcha from them. Their organic matcha kaze (風,...
Japanese Tea: A Comprehensive Guide (Book Review)
This book’s author, Simona Zavadckyte, works at the international department of Obubu Tea Farms. She has years of experience with tea in Japan because of her work, and also...
Teabento Pika Cha
Teabento is an online tea store that has a good range of teas, and presents them in a cute manner. This tea is called “Pika Cha”. It has the...
Material Matcha Uji MMU03
Material Matcha Uji is a new online shop that aims to sell exceptional matcha blends from Uji. It was founded by Etienne and Morgan, two young men from France who...
Culinary Tea (Book Review)
Culinary Tea, by Cynthia Gold and Lisë Stern, had been on my wish list for a long time. While I’m not very active in the kitchen, I do try...
3 Leaf Tea Ceremonial Matcha
After the podcast with Luciana from 3 Leaf Tea, I received a sample of the company’s ceremonial grade matcha. It’s hand picked in the Uji region, so the quality...
Kiss Me Organics Ceremonial Matcha
Kiss Me Organics reached out to me for a review of their organic ceremonial matcha. I love matcha, so I was definitely interested in trying it. Especially since it’s...
Sakamoto Organic Tea LLC Gyokuro
Tea farmer Shuichirou Sakamoto (修一郎坂元) was at the 2017 World Tea Expo in JETRO’s booth. I tried his cold brewed gyokuro and it was very good. However, I didn’t...
Ryutsu Service Organic Matcha
I’ve tried this matcha more than once, because Yoshiaki Hattori from Ryutsu Service has been coming to the World Tea Expo regularly. But this is the first time that...
The Book of Korean Tea (Book Review)
After attending the seminar of Fred Yoo about Korean tea at the World Tea Expo, I couldn’t resist buying his book. I know next to nothing about the subject,...
The Tea Crane Minamisayaka Organic Oolong
Tyas from The Tea Crane sent me some of his teas for review. While all of them are very interesting, he told me to start with this organic oolong...