I could meet many nice smiles in Minori Harvest Festival 2018. As an tea enthusiast, there is nothing more delightful than seeing happy smiles over the cups of tea!
Japanese tea instructors and local tea businesses served various specialty teas for visitors at Minori Harvest Festival. The visitors enjoyed them and many of them said they have never taste such delicious and aromatic tea. Of course, some tea lovers visited and sufficiently enjoy the specialty teas, including awarded ones in Japanese Tea Award 2017.
In the governmental exhibition booth, MAFF staff exhibited some new apparatus for tea event, “Temomi Hoiro” – the hot plate for tea hand-processing and the tea bag shaper, developed by the Japan Tea Central Association and cooperated companies, such as TERADA and Yoshimura Co., Ltd, respectively.
The experience of hand-processing on the hot plate seemed to catch the children’s fancy. Children enjoy “Temomi” hand-processing at the booth.
The tea bag shaper can make tea bag in the heart shape. The demonstration of tea bag shaper also delighted children.
In addition, the pamphlet for recipes using ‘Sun Rouge’ cultivar shows beautiful red colors in various cuisines.
The awarded teas could satisfy various visitors from children to adults.
Specialty teas delighted various visitors from children to adluts.
I’d like to share the awarded teas served at Minori Harvest Festival 2018 as follows.
(1) Bless of First Flush (Osada Seicha)
The bright green infusion was very impressive! This tea, produced by Osada Seicha (Osada Tea Japan), won the fine product award in Japanese Tea Award 2017. Very delighful the delicate mellowness with medium bodied texture and soft fresh finish.
(2) Hojicha (Shofuen Matsuno Chaho)
Shofuen Matsuno Chaho is a local tea merchant in Ibi tea estate in Gifu prefecture.
(3) Organic Pan-Fired Tea (Miyazaki Sabo)
The awarded organic pan-fired tea was produced by Miyazaki Sabo, one of the most prominent pioneers of Japanese pan-fired tea. This tea farm cultivates their all tea plantations in organic manner. We can enjoy the duality of fresh green flavor and toasty aroma.
(4) Saemidori (Komaki Ryokuhoen)
The beautiful appearance of brilliant green is skillfully produced by Komaki Ryokuhoen in Miami Satsuma tea estate n Kagoshima prefecture.
(5) ‘Saemidori’ Deep Steamed Tea (Sonoda Chaho)
This deep steamed tea of popular cultivar ‘Saemidori’ is produced by Sonoda Chaho, a local tea merchant in Miyazaki prefecture.
In addition, each local agricultural association exhibit their specialty products.
Numazu youth agricultural association exhibited the local products such as green tea produced on the mountainside of Mt. Ashitaka in Numazu tea estate, Wasabi horseradish and “Shirasu” boiled small sardines.
“Sen Ten Cha” was very impressive for me.
This “Sen Ten Cha” is the blend of Sencha and Tencha, the ingredient of matcha. This interesting blended tea is produced by Fujisancha Co., Ltd., which is a new tea factory for Tencha production lately founded by young tea farmers in Numazu and Fuji tea estates.
The association for local agricultural products exhibited multihued products made by the agriculture meisters from all over Japan.
Multihued agricultural products are very colorful!
Super food chips made by chiaseeds and edible frolwers, produced in Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka prefecture.
Interesting new products were found in this booth.
Next year we will meet to the specialty teas prized in Japanese Tea Award 2018 and nice smiles over the cups of them in Minori Harvest Festival 2019!!