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There are many steps to make Japanese green tea. Harvest, steaming, repeat of rolling and drying, sieving, size sorting, firing, etc. Especially, flavor of green tea remarkably depends on firing, as well as roasting of coffee. For example, “Oohashiri” and … Continue reading
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Ikedaya is a typical Japanese restaurant in Sagara region of Makinohara city. On a lunch time, we can eat delicious lunch sets of Japanese meal as shown below. Of course, Japanese green tea is served with lunch! There are four … Continue reading
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Ishidatami Chaya is one of the most well-established café restaurants, where a local nice tea is served, in Szhiuoka. This café serves local black tea made by tea farmers in Kanaya region, where is north area of Makinohara upland. This … Continue reading
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Oi Ocha is one of the most famous and popular bottled tea. Loving bolder tea prepared by tea pot as I do, bottled teas were somehow not enough for me. Oi Ocha Dark is the best fit for my preference. … Continue reading
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Sushiwaka is a Japanese restaurant located on Makinohara upland, cooking mainly sushi and tempura. As you know, sushi and tempura are traditional Japanese cuisine. Sushi is a vinegared rice topped or mixed with various fresh seafoods, mainly row fishes. Tempura … Continue reading
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JA-Hainan supports and holds “Aracha” competitions after first flush season. On the end of May, two competitions were held by a local association of tea farmers and JA-Hainan. In this year, the quality of first flush is evaluated to be … Continue reading
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On 27th May, the trade show of Shizuoka tea will be held in Tokyo. The name of event is “Irodori Mihonichi”, the trade show of multihued Shizuoka teas. In this event, various teas and tea products will be introduced by … Continue reading
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“CHAKURA”, the retail division of Kikusui Tea Production Cooperative, made a sale of their teas in World Tea Festival 2016. Mr. Murata, the division head, promoted their first flush teas and black tea “KOHAKU” to visitors. Served tea … Continue reading
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There are multihued teawares all over the world. Of course, Japan has a variety of teaware in each area. In World Tea Festival 2016, various teawares from around Japan were exhibited with teas from each tea estate as follows. … Continue reading
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Flower arrangement has been related to teaism for a long time. Teamasters have philosophy to embody the beauty in their life, thus they create the beauty in tea ceremony using flower decoration as a practice of their philosophy. OKAKURA Tenshin, … Continue reading