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ChaChaNoMa brews specialty Japanese teas by the perfect way to each tea cultivar and terroir, with fancy cuisines of Japanese sweets. This café serves cups of specialty tea by the unique style. At first, loose leaf tea itself is served … Continue reading
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Tea production of 1st flush tea has reached its peak in Shizuoka! In each tea estate, scenes of tea plucking come to our eyes. And then, we come to find the color difference between tea plantations before and after plucking. … Continue reading
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Roasting can give teas additional aroma and change in flavor. We can roast loose leaf tea very easily by using toaster oven as follows. (1) spread loose leaf tea thinly on an aluminum foil. (2) Roast by using a toaster … Continue reading
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Teas provide happy time with our precious ones. I’d like to recommend teas as candidates of Christmas present for your precious ones. Teas and confections on a table are the important catalysts to promote sweet or funny chin music over … Continue reading
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Tokyo has many tea shops due to the huge tea consumption. Of course, various teas from Shizuoka are used in those shops. In Tokyo, there are many tea shops I’m eager to visit. Today, I’d like to introduce one of … Continue reading
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Matcha is one of the most usable ingredients worldwide. Latte, cake (as posted previously), various confections, bred, green sauce etc. Today, I’d like to introduce one of the recipes, “Kahlua & Milk with Matcha”. I met this cocktail in the … Continue reading
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In the autumn program of World Tea Festival, I could meet the nice arts of tea! Painting and tower of loose leaf tea were presented by Temomi Hozonkai. This painting of loose leaf tea draws Mt. Fuji and “Princess Kaguya” … Continue reading
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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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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