Nakazawaen Tea Store Welcomes Us In Front Of Shimizu Port & Station

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Nakazawaen Tea Store is a local-oriented tea store locating at the entrance of main shopping street in front of Shimizu station.   This tea store deals with mainly local specialty teas, produced on Ryogochi, Mobata, Nihondaira and Honyama tea estates … Continue reading

Easy Reservation of Self-Prepared Tea Bag Using Disposable Tea Filter Bag

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Disposable tea filter bags are convenient for self-preparation of tea bag and its reservation. This self-preparation of tea bag can allows us to arrange the amount of loose leaf tea corresponding to our preference and to throw it away easily … Continue reading

Kaneju Farm Omotesando Opened Today!

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Today, Kaneju Farm opened its tea salon and bar at the backstreet on Omotesando in Shibuya ward, Tokyo.   “Kaneju Sencha Gin Tonic”, an unique cocktail of gin and deep steamed Sencha produced by Kaneju Farm, provided me with a … Continue reading

Unique Fusion Odyssey Unveils Fantastic Options

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Unique fusions sometimes provide some fantastic results. Technological fusion can contribute to the development of new tea products. For example, collaboration of tea processor and industrial research institute had create a new puer tea using a single microorganism strain. Arahataen … Continue reading

Matcha Break in Zagyoso – Enjoy Matcha in Traditional Japanese House

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Zagyoso is the mansion where Saionji Kinmochi lived, who is the past prime minister in Meiji era. Now, the restored house of Zagyoso opens to the public. We can enjoy seeing inside of the Japanese traditional house and having a … Continue reading

Cold Brew Tea – Rich Umami and Beneficial Effect on Our Health

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Cold brew tea is so cool and trendy!! Now June is the month for iced tea in USA. In Japan, cold brew tea is also gaining interest. As described at the past post, where Japanese tea instructor explained how to … Continue reading

Shimizuen – Meet to Claftsman of Tea and Clay Art

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Shimizuen is one of the specialty tea shops in the urban area of Shimizu ward in Shizuoka city. This tea shop deals with a series of specialty tea. Mr. Kaneko, the owner and tea blender of this tea shop, selects … Continue reading

Cold Brew, Hojicha, Matcha Latte – Hot Topics Instructed on Tea Seminar in MAFF

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Japanese Tea Instructors explained how to prepare 3 types of popular tea, cold brewing Sencha, Hojicha roasted tea and matcha latte. Lately cold infusion has gained its popularity. Besides, the development of new apparatus for cold brewing are also going … Continue reading

International Tea Show will be hold from 13th to 15th June

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International Tea Show will be hold from 13th to 15th June on Tokyo Big Sight West Hall. This event is organized together with Tokyo Café Show, Pizza & Pasta Show and Olive & Oil Pavilion. Visitors of food services such … Continue reading

Teadenols – Beneficial Phenolic Compounds Generated by Aspergillus sp. in Puer Tea

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Teadenols are phenolic compounds detected in microbially fermented teas such as Puer tea and biosynthesized by Aspergillus sp. from catechins. These phenolic compounds were firstly isolated from tea leaves fermented with Aspergillus sp.(PK-1, FARM AP-21280) by Wulandari et al. (2011)[529]. … Continue reading