Local specialty teas can let us remember our feelings or memories in the travels. Let’s say, local specialty teas are memento of travels in each area. A black tea by “FRONT” remind me my memories in Shimoda.

The black tea by FRONT has fine characteristics such as

• 100% organically produced for more than 30 years
• Using native varieties
• Tea plants cultivated on the deep mountainside in Shizuoka city

A packaage of the black tea presented by FRONT in Shimoda.

The deep brown color indicates the leaves are fully oxidized. The appearance is also good.

The color of infusion is clean amber. Its lower degree of darkness may be the characteristic of Japanese black tea.

The taste is mild and medium-bodied, enhancing drinking. I like its soft finish. The aroma is not so strong. I’d like to drink it with Japanese confections of salty taste, for example rice cracker “Sembei”. So the “Kinme-dai Sembei”, served in the hotel in Shimoda, goes very well with the black tea. Local foods often can be good pairings.

The black tea by Front in Shimoda goes very well with local confections, such as Kinmedai Senbei, which is a rice cracker containing Kinmedai (Splended Alfonsino). The drawing of Splended Alfonsino is depicted on the package of the rice cracker shown in the central of this picture.

I think the black tea can go well with fish cuisines, such as baked “Himono”, which has rich umami enhanced by salt drying.

Himono of Kinmedai – Semi-dried Splended Alfonsino, which is sold in “Front” in front of Shimoda station. I think this Himino and the black tea would be a good pairing and enhance their flavor each other.

It is recommended to enjoy the black tea by “FRONT” with local foods in Shimoda at home. They would remember us our good memories in Shimoda.

< Shop information >

• Address : 1-5-2, Higashi Hongo, Shimoda city, Shizuoka prefecture.
• Access : In front of Izukyu Shimoda station. We can go to the station from Tokyo by 1 time exchange at Atami station, from Tokaido line to Ito line on the No.1 platform in Atami station. If you use a resort-style limited express “Super View Odoriko” , you can go to Shimoda station directly from Shinjuku station.
• Business hours : 9:00 – 17:00 ( Café time opens from 10:00 to 17:00
• Official Web Page : http://www.front-shimoda.jp/index.html (described in only Japanese)
• Detail : Please see the posted before.