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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Yokota Blog: 50 days before the estimated germination period
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea Spring equinox has passed and we can finally feel the warmth of spring. It is time to officially begin the spring trimming. In the...
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Onocha Tea Fields First Flush 2015 Photo (April 12)
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea The grand expanse of tea fields in Ono, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The new buds a brilliant green carpeting the landscape! Harvest is planned for the...
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March 2015 Hachimanjyu tea field
March 20, 2015. Tea leaf buds starting to appear at the tea fields in Yakushima Island, courtesy of Hachimanjyu Tea. The post March 2015 Hachimanjyu tea field appeared first on...
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Matcha Sweet Potato Recipe
Recipe by Reiko Taichi Servings: 6 pieces Ingredients 350g sweet potato (peel the skin) 2 tablespoon brown sugar 2 tablespoon heavy cream 15g unsalted butter 3g matcha (Obubu: Gokouo Matcha)...
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Tea Recipe: Matcha Gelato
Recipe by Reiko Taichi Ingredients Matcha (Ceremonial Grade Matcha) 10g Milk 300ml Beet sugar (may be substituted by granulated sugar) 40g Low fat heavy cream 100cc Hot water 90cc Egg white 1 Instructions 1)...
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VIDEO: How matcha is ground at factories (commercial production)
Most of the historical or major matcha manufacturers in Japan are too big for us to carry. We attempt to support companies of 50 employees or smaller. In the future,...
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Yokota Blog: Preparing tea for 2015 shincha
Feeling the warmth of spring for the first time, we have started the “spring trimming” today. But only for the teas grown in the greenhouse for the purpose of early...
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Snow covered tea fields of Onocha, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Onocha is a tea farm, factory, and retail brand in a hidden tea production region in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southern tip of the main Japanese island of Honshu. The...
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2015 green tea picking (sencha) today at the Kurihara Tea Farm
Says Yuji Kurihara: “Not a cloud to see, in the blue sky, picking tea.” Today, the tea factory is filled with workers, and we are working all night. No damage...
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Obubu Tea’s 2015 Kabuse Sencha is picked and processed!
Shading, check. Harvesting, check. Processing, check. Now all we need to do is pack into bags for distribution. Each of these bulk bags is 10 kilograms. The post Obubu Tea’s...
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Sayama tea fields, first flush 2015, Saitama, Japan
Tea farmer Yasuhiro Yokota offers a warm good morning from Saitama where he is growing 2015's Sayamacha harvest. We'll be visiting him on May 10th The post Sayama tea fields,...
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The difference between Gyokuro, Kabusecha, Sencha, and Bancha green teas
The difference between Gyokuro, Kabusecha, Sencha, and Bancha green teas from Japan is best understood through the leaf itself–its cultivation, harvest, and the resulting flavor. Sencha itself has a wide...
