Many are curious about Matcha, but a few really know how to make it and feel comfortable making it at home.So once you have the tea powder how do you actually make it. The anxiety stems from the belief that that Matcha requires special tools or skills. That is not entirely true as there are […]
Recently, Matcha is popular all around the world. But what is actually happening with it today? Nowadays in Japan the biggest Matcha producing areas are Uji in Kyoto and Nisho in Aichi. Altogether Japan makes about 2500t of Matcha per year and that accounts for about 3% of tea production here. Japanese tea exports abroad […]
The Magic green tea powder – Matcha, has taken over the world in the recent years. It is likely you have already tried Matcha latte, Matcha ice-cream, or any other tea-colored desert. There is a lot of fascination and excitement about this tea. But there is also a lot of confusion. What is Matcha? How […]
In Japan green tea is the most popular, but some areas also make some unique regional teas. One such tea is Awabancha (阿波番茶) – a fermented tea from Tokushima prefecture. Little is known about its origins, but currently there are about 300 tea farmers who produce it (for commercial production there are just a few, though). […]
Puerh – a fermented Chinese tea, has grown really popular in recent years. It may be a surprise that Japan has some fermented teas too. One such tea is Goishicha – a fermented tea from Otoyo town, Kochi prefecture. Story says that Goishicha (碁石茶) may have been brought to Kochi from Yunan in China around […]
While most of Japanese teas are known and drank all across the country, there are several regional teas that are only known in a specific region. Botebotecha is one of them. Botebotecha comes from Matsue in Shimane prefecture. Rather than referring to the dry tea leaves it refers to the way of preparing and drinking […]