How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change - Yunomi.life

How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change

Moé  Kishida
Hello all! We hope that you are enjoying your Japanese green teas along with autumnal delights like chestnuts, persimmons and pears (what are some ...
How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change - Yunomi.life

How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change

Moé  Kishida
Hello all! We hope that you are enjoying your Japanese green teas along with autumnal delights like chestnuts, persimmons and pears (what are some ...
Yunomi Matcha Grades - Yunomi.life

Yunomi Matcha Grades

Ian Chun
Yunomi Matcha Grades Shop our extensive collection of matcha (this collection also includes other tea powders) from producers around Japan. What is...
Does the Best Gyokuro Come from Yame? - Yunomi.life

Does the Best Gyokuro Come from Yame?

Moé  Kishida

Magnificent scenery with mountainous valleys and open plains Centuries of tradition and rich cultural heritage A welcoming rural community Award-winning gyokuro... If the above descriptions resonate with you, Yame may just be the tea haven for you!  And today on the fall equinox, we will be touching on Yame as one of the major tea producing regions in Japan but also to share with you what makes their gyokuro shine.

ほうじ茶ラボ 始動! - Yunomi.life

ほうじ茶ラボ 始動!

Sachiko Murata
ほうじ茶..... みなさんはどうやって作るか知っていますか? この度、Ogura Tea Garden の小倉さんに協力していただき、YUNOMIオリジナルのほうじ茶商品を作ってみようという話になりました。 今回、まずはごあいさつということで、神奈川県小田原市にあ...
Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha - Yunomi.life

Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha

Moé  Kishida
Hello, happy half moon in August!  Late August is usually a time when the bell crickets (鈴虫; Suzumushi) start to sing and chime in Japan.  Their si...
Hojicha Roasting Experiment - Yunomi.life

Hojicha Roasting Experiment

Sachiko Murata
As I wrote in the previous article, we've started developing Hojicha products.   We made 3 types of Hojicha this time using first flush Ara...
The Hojicha Project has started! - Yunomi.life

The Hojicha Project has started!

Sachiko Murata
Do you know what Hojicha is?  It's roasted tea (in Japan, generally roasted green tea)    If you have heard about it, do you know how to make Hojic...
History Notes Along with Your Cup of Ureshino Tea - Yunomi.life

History Notes Along with Your Cup of Ureshino Tea

Moé  Kishida
Kyushu (九州) is Japan’s third largest island and is located at the very Southwest end of Japan. It is made up of the following 8 prefectures: Kagos...
A Taste of Kagoshima Tea - Yunomi.life

A Taste of Kagoshima Tea

Moé  Kishida

Kagoshima is the 2nd largest tea producing prefecture in Japan, after Shizuoka.  It is only recently however that Kagoshima has obtained recognition for producing high-end tea.  For several decades, Kagoshima had an image of producing economically accessible  but less than premium tea. That being said, even some Japanese may not be aware that Kagoshima now produces award wining tea and has the highest productivity per area in all of Japan.

50 Major Tea Production Areas in Japan - An Evolving Project - Yunomi.life

50 Major Tea Production Areas in Japan - An Evolving Project

Moé  Kishida
At Yunomi, we’ve embarked on an exciting and ambitious project to list all the tea production regions and subregions in Japan, and examine 50 major areas. With the exception of the northernmost prefectures of Hokkaido, Yamagata, and Osaka, all the other 44 prefectures commercially produce tea.
How does the price of matcha affect its chemical composition (theanine, EGCG, catechin, caffeine)? - Yunomi.life

How does the price of matcha affect its chemical composition (theanine, EGCG, catechin, caffeine)?

Ian Chun
Shop our collection of matcha & other tea powders These are just a few studies, but they give you an idea of the range of levels of chemicals (...
List of Japanese Teas & Terminology - Yunomi.life

List of Japanese Teas & Terminology

Ian Chun

A full and growing list of Japanese tea types in alphabetical order.

How to steep Japanese green tea for several guests - Yunomi.life

How to steep Japanese green tea for several guests

ChunIan
Guide to Steeping Japanese Tea We pour a little into each cup for each guest in order to average out the strength of the #tea. In all I spent abou...