The Art of Hand Rolling Tea
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Koukien Tea Garden, a tea farm based near Makizono-cho, Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. They are a family doing agriculture all year round including rice...
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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Koukien Tea Garden, a tea farm based near Makizono-cho, Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. They are a family doing agriculture all year round including rice...
Today, I would like to talk about chasen (茶筅), the indispensable and quintessential tea whisk that is used to make matcha, particularly focusing on the bamboo that is used in...
A warm hello to you! I hope this blogpost finds you healthy and well as we welcome the winter solstice today and approach the end of year. If you are...
The clouds are white and fluffy (Japanese: fuwafuwa) today. The sand at the beach was so smooth (Japanese: sarasara) that the wind and our footprints made beautiful imprints. ...
Today, we share with you our interview with Yuki Kayashita, a young and creative tea farmer based in a village in Yamazoe, Nara prefecture. Over the span of 10 years...