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All About Japanese Tea Culture

  • Discover: Teas of Tokushima Prefecture

    Discover: Teas of Tokushima Prefecture

    Tokushima is a prefecture of Japan that is located on the island of Shikoku. When one thinks of Japanese tea, Tokushima is probably not the prefecture that comes to mind....

  • Kabusecha tea, the semi-shaded tea

    Kabusecha tea, the semi-shaded tea

    As the name suggests in Japanese, “kabusecha” which means covered tea is grown by covering the tea leaves with a cloth called kanreisha before they are harvested. This shade growing...

  • Matcha in snow

    The Day of Matcha and Nishio Tea

    As some of you may have been aware, February 6th marked the day of matcha in Japan. In a previous blogpost on Yunomi, we touched on some of the tea...

  • Tea Tour 2023 in Tokyo!

    Tea Tour 2023 in Tokyo!

    On Sunday May 28th there was a tea event in the Nihonbashi neighborhood of Tokyo city, called Tokyo Tea Tour 2023 (in Japanese: 東京お茶めぐり2023). Being back in my motherland this...