First Flush Served in a Hidden Tea Café “Sarasara”

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First flush teas in 2018 have been already sold in various shops, including cafés and restaurants. I could met a sweet cup of first flush produced in Shizuoka at a hidden tea café “Sarasara” locating in Mitaka city in Tokyo. … Continue reading

Yamadaen – Long Established Tea Shop near Mishima Taisha Grand Shrine

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Yamadaen is a long-established tea shop in Mishima city, which has been established for more than 100 years since the end of Edo period. This traditional tea shop has been refined ingredient crude tea of ‘Yabukita’ cultivar brought from mainly … Continue reading

Grand Opening Event of Fujinokuni Tea Museum on 24th & 25th March

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Fujinokuni Tea Museum will re-open from 24th March 2018. The museum has been renovated as a front line of teas information, such as tea industries, culture, history, science and technologies. On 24th and 25th March, the museum hill hold grand … Continue reading

Local Tea Festival for First Flush on Makinohara upland in 2018

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In these 3 days, rain continuously falls onto soil, as if rain blesses the tea plantation. In Shizuoka prefecture, there are little rain for a month, resulting in a severe dry condition. Besides, the temperature gains higher for tea plants … Continue reading

Rotating Drum for Tea Withering Launched by Kawasaki Kiko Co., Ltd.

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Kawasaki Kiko Co. Ltd. has launched the new machine since 2016 for withering tea shoots under the condition which we can set as we like. The machine rotates its drum at the rate and interval we arrange and keeps the … Continue reading

Tea Museum in the United Tea Estates of Shizuoka

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Ocha-no-Sato Tea Museum had been providing various services, information and opportunities related to tea industry and culture. Many people enjoyed these services and events such as World Tea Festival. Since 2016, the museum has been under renovation and will reopen … Continue reading

Tea Cultivar ‘Saemidori’ – Getting Popular Year by Year

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‘Saemidori’ is one of the tea cultivars for green tea, suiting to Sencha, Gyokuro and matcha due to higher umami, bright green color and higher suitability to shade cultivation [505]. ‘Saemidori’ cultivar was developed from ‘Asatsuyu’ as the seed parent … Continue reading

Practices of Organic Tea Farming discussed in Organic Tea Power Up Meeting

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In the Organic Tea Power Up Meeting, various business persons joined and discussed each other, including tea farmers, tea merchants, tea and agriculture machinery companies, agricultural consultants etc. The number of participants was more than 230, indicating the great concerns … Continue reading