Does tea really enhance energy and focus?
What’s all the buzz about L-theanine? At least here in Japan, there have been several advertisements stating that this prominent compound in green tea has health, focus and energy benefits...
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Does tea really enhance energy and focus?
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Akio Kurihara-san’s way of recycling tea
生育が少し良くない畑にもみ殻堆肥を投入してます。 これは茶工場で出た茶しぶダゴや、はわき集めた茶粉を混ぜて作った堆肥。 いわば再利用。無駄なく茶畑に還すってことですね。 Adding chaff compost to the tea field that is not growing as expected. The compost is made from remains of tea incrustation and powder of tea leaves...
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Tea Discoveries Club March 2014
The Tea Discoveries Club this month featured these sencha teas from 3rd generation tea farmers, the Kurihara brothers from the remote mountains of Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture in Southern Japan: Standard...
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Heritage gyokuro 2014 first flush photos from Kurihara Tea
Shop Kurihara Tea Yamecha gyokuro specialist, tea farmer Akio Kurihara sent these photos today: “Heritage gyokuro. All I want to do is make really really good gyokuro.” In the photos...
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Kurihara Tea farm’s tea field photo
The post Kurihara Tea farm’s tea field photo appeared first on YUNOMI.
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SHINCHA: Tea farmer Yuji Kurihara starts 2014 harvest!
Tea farmer Yuji and Akio Kurihara talk about their first harvest of 2014. The post SHINCHA: Tea farmer Yuji Kurihara starts 2014 harvest! appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Dive into 200kg of tea with gyokuro farmer Yuji Kurihara
Dive into 200kg of tea with farmer Yuji Kurihara, gyokuro specialist! Pre-orders for his 2014 harvest available here: http://yunomi.us/shincha The post Dive into 200kg of tea with gyokuro farmer Yuji...
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Tea farm ownership system at Kurihara Tea Farm
Yuji Kurihara of Kurihara Tea Farm shared with us his passion for the new tea farm ownership system. Tea harvesting at the “Tenku-no-chabatake” (literally “tea field in the sky”), a...
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Shincha Update > Kurihara Gyokuro. 4/20
The post Shincha Update > Kurihara Gyokuro. 4/20 appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Fighting red blight organically
By Akio Kurihara If at all possible, we farmers avoid using pesticides to fight diseases such as red blight (赤焼病 akayakebyou). Today, I trimmed my oku hikari cultivar fields in...
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Shincha Update > Diamonds in the Shade. Kurihara Gyokuro. 4/21
Heritage Gyokuro In the filtered sunlight, Sparkling leaves. Diamonds in the shade. The post Shincha Update > Diamonds in the Shade. Kurihara Gyokuro. 4/21 appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Photos of first flush tea leaves on the tea fields of Shizuoka tea farmer Haruo Ogose
Haruo Ogose, a tea farmer in Shizuoka who cultivates tea without use of fertilizers or pesticides, sent us these photos of his tea fields on April 21st. The post Photos...
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Tea Recipe: Matcha Ice Cream
Ingredients 1 egg (medium size) 300cc milk (or soy milk) 80g heavy cream 75-80g sugar (granulated) 5g matcha powder *1 tablespoon matcha liquor (add liquor only if you have one)...
