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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Sayama Tea and Flower Festival
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea Sayama Shincha Festival Have you decided on your plans for the Golden Week? On April 29th (昭和の日 Showa no hi, Showa Day), please come...
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Language lesson: Ocha means tea in Japanese, but…
A little language lesson: “Ocha” or お茶 means literally “tea” in Japanese, but specifically refers to Japanese tea, which is by default Japanese green tea. Since sencha is the most...
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Matcha Sakura Bread Recipe
Recipe by Reiko Taichi Servings: 8 round breads Ingredients （Bread dough） 200g Bread Flour 10g Tapioca flour（can be omitted） 5g Matcha powder (This recipe uses Obubu Tea #21: Gokou Matcha)...
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Rap music video promotes green tea from Shimada City, Shizuoka
The City of Shimada in #Japan’s largest production region for #tea, #Shizuoka Prefecture, has a rap music video in English/Japanese/French (French rap sounds pretty cool). All the cool dance scenes...
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Yokota Tea Garden: Sayama tea field photo on a rainy day
A quick note from the tea fields if Sayama, Saitama: this morning it rained unexpectedly so we couldn’t work on the fields, says tea farmer Yasuhiro Yokota. Shop the Yokota...
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Kettle Brewing
Certain teas are best when brewed in a kettle, that boiling the water with the leaves inside. This is the difference we make between the word “steeping” and “brewing”. We...
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Different recipes for your favorite tea
In most of the people’s life, tea is the first thing that they want to have in the morning to awaken their senses and to feel rejuvenated. Some like it...
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Timelapse video of premium sencha green tea leaves unfurling
Timelapse video of premium sencha leaves unfurling The post Timelapse video of premium sencha green tea leaves unfurling appeared first on YUNOMI.
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How to brew Batabatacha
BUY BanchaBatabatacha Here is a quick brewing technique for batabatacha. Please adjust water and tea leaves amount to your taste. *Usually a kettle is used for brewing but we didn’t...
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Japanese Tea Nutrition Chart
A translation of official government nutritional values for Japanese teas and others including gyokuro, matcha, sencha, kamairicha, bancha, houjicha, genmaicha, oolong tea, black tea.
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Elements of Tea: Chlorophyll
If you listened properly in your 6th grade science class, you probably know that chlorophyll is a biomolecule found in algae and plants responsible for absorbing light in the photosynthesis...
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Learning From the Coffee Baristas – Latte Art
Now that you’ve seen how the pros do it, don’t you want to try it yourself with a delicious cup of matcha? Our recommendation is Obubu Tea’s Excellent Kitchen Grade...
