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This wakocha, or Japanese black tea, utilizes Yabukita cultivar tea plants, and is grown without the use of pesticides. From the first flush in late spring, farmer Yuki Ogura produces this black tea in the style of first flush Darjeeling tea, withered, rolled, then lightly oxidized.
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\nIngredients: Black tea
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\nCultivar: Yabukita
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\nHarvest: Early May
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\nRegion: Ashigara, Kanagawa
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\nNotes: Grown without use of pesticides.
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About the Ogura Family
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Yuki and Junko Ogura moved to Odawara from Tokyo a decade ago to pursue a life closer to nature, and engage in their passion for tea. Learning from the tea farmers in Ashigara, the town just north of Odawara City, they cultivate tea without the use of pesticides.
Since 2011, Masami Ishizaki has operated the small non-profit, Ashigaracha Labo, dedicated to educating consumers about Japanese tea, and tea from the Ashigara region in particular (Cities of Minami Ashigara and Odawara where Yunomi is based).
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For the last several years she has also been renting tea fields from the region's aging tea farmers to try her hand at tea cultivation. She has been at the current location in Ogikubo, Odawara, and is cultivating Yabukita tea leaves without the use of pesticides with her son and the NPO's supporters.
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Steeping Notes
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\nTea: 5 grams. Time: 60 sec. Water: 70C/158F, 200 ml.
Since 2011, Masami Ishizaki has operated the small non-profit, Ashigaracha Labo, dedicated to educating consumers about Japanese tea, and tea from the Ashigara region in particular (Cities of Minami Ashigara and Odawara where Yunomi is based).
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For the last several years she has also been renting tea fields from the region's aging tea farmers to try her hand at tea cultivation. She has been at the current location in Ogikubo, Odawara, and is cultivating Yabukita tea leaves without the use of pesticides with her son and the NPO's supporters.
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Steeping Notes
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\nTea: 5 grams. Time: 60 sec. Water: 70C/158F, 200 ml.
Do not apply hot liquid to a bowl that has been cooled (in the refrigerator for example).
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Do not use in dishwasher. Hand wash with mild soap and dry with soft cloth.
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About the Aritst
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Ceramics artist Shinro Yamamoto fell in love with the lifestyle of creating beauty by hand and apprenticed with an artist in the mountains of Western Kanagawa before striking out as an independent artist in the early 2000s. Five years ago he established the Yagurazawa Ceramics Studio in Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa, and has made a name for himself with his beautiful porcelain marble pieces which blend white, black and occasionally blue and pink colored porcelain.
Do not apply hot liquid to a bowl that has been cooled (in the refrigerator for example).
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Do not use in dishwasher. Hand wash with mild soap and dry with soft cloth.
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About the Aritst
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Ceramics artist Shinro Yamamoto fell in love with the lifestyle of creating beauty by hand and apprenticed with an artist in the mountains of Western Kanagawa before striking out as an independent artist in the early 2000s. Five years ago he established the Yagurazawa Ceramics Studio in Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa, and has made a name for himself with his beautiful porcelain marble pieces which blend white, black and occasionally blue and pink colored porcelain.
Do not apply hot liquid to a bowl that has been cooled (in the refrigerator for example).
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Do not use in dishwasher. Hand wash with mild soap and dry with soft cloth.
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About the Aritst
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Ceramics artist Shinro Yamamoto fell in love with the lifestyle of creating beauty by hand and apprenticed with an artist in the mountains of Western Kanagawa before striking out as an independent artist in the early 2000s. Five years ago he established the Yagurazawa Ceramics Studio in Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa, and has made a name for himself with his beautiful porcelain marble pieces which blend white, black and occasionally blue and pink colored porcelain.
Do not apply hot liquid to a bowl that has been cooled (in the refrigerator for example).
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Do not use in dishwasher. Hand wash with mild soap and dry with soft cloth.
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About the Aritst
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Ceramics artist Shinro Yamamoto fell in love with the lifestyle of creating beauty by hand and apprenticed with an artist in the mountains of Western Kanagawa before striking out as an independent artist in the early 2000s. Five years ago he established the Yagurazawa Ceramics Studio in Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa, and has made a name for himself with his beautiful porcelain marble pieces which blend white, black and occasionally blue and pink colored porcelain.
These salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert, and are beautiful garnishing to baked goods and desserts. Soak in water to wash away the salt, and add it to your tea for a hint of sakura flavor.
These salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert, and are beautiful garnishing to baked goods and desserts. Soak in water to wash away the salt, and add it to your tea for a hint of sakura flavor.
\nRegion: Japanese grown blossoms, ume vinegar made from ume fruit grown in Soga district, Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture \n
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\nCultivar: Sekiyama (or Kanzan) Yaezakura
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\nStorage: Keep in cool, dark area of 15C/60F or cooler. Refrigerate during hotter summer months.
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\nContamination: Food packing facility also packs products that include wheat, eggs, dairy products, buckwheat, peanuts, shrimp and crab.
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\nNutritional info (per 100 grams)
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Calories: 11 kcal
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Protein: 1.2 grams
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Fat: 0.2 grams
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Carbohydrates: 4.1 grams
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Sodium: 60 grams
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\nWarning: Please remove the oxygen absorber packet before use.
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(The subtle colors are hard to capture accurately, so we've included several different photos.)
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Discover more about life in our quiet part of Japan onInstagram!
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Check out these sakura-inspired recipes to sweeten your day!
These salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert, and are beautiful garnishing to baked goods and desserts. Soak in water to wash away the salt, and add it to your tea for a hint of sakura flavor.
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Discover more about life in our quiet part of Japan onInstagram!
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Check out these sakura-inspired recipes to sweeten your day!
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He has held exhibitions and participated in number of events related to arts and crafts in both Japan and abroad. In December 2010, he submitted his works to “HAND MADE IN JAPAN AWARD” and was exhibited at a gallery in Düsseldorf, Germany, where his work won second prize. In May 2011, he exhibited his work at Gallery DEN in Berlin, Germany, an event organized by “HANDMADE IN JAPAN EXHIBITION”, held on behalf of the 150th anniversary of Japan-Germany Relationships.
These salt-pickled purple shiso (perilla) leaves are traditionally used to garnish rice (furikake). Like salt-pickled sakura blossoms, it borrows part of its umeboshi from the ume vinegar used in pickling.
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Traditionally, shiso leaves are salted and rolled, squeezed of its moisture then ume vinegar and salt are added for pickling, and finally dried after pickling and crushed.
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As tea merchants, this flavor has much potential for tea blending. We will be experimenting with blending with black and oolong tea especially
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Discover more about life in our quiet part of Japan onInstagram!
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These salt-pickled purple shiso (perilla) leaves are traditionally used to garnish rice (furikake). Like salt-pickled sakura blossoms, it borrows part of its umeboshi from the ume vinegar used in pickling.
\n
Traditionally, shiso leaves are salted and rolled, squeezed of its moisture then ume vinegar and salt are added for pickling, and finally dried after pickling and crushed.
\n
As tea merchants, this flavor has much potential for tea blending. We will be experimenting with blending with black and oolong tea especially
\n
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\nRegion: Hadano and Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecutre \n
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\n
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\n
\nNutritional info (per 100 grams)
\n
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Calories: 11 kcal
\n
Protein: 1.2 grams
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Fat: 0.2 grams
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Carbohydrates: 4.1 grams
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\nWarning: Please remove the oxygen absorber packet before use.
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About the Producer
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Along the coastline West of Tokyo, between the towns of Kozu and Ninomiya, with the mountains at our back and the sea at our doorstep, our family has been making delicious food for your table for over a century. What my great grandfather started then, I continue today, growing sakura and ume trees, and using the techniques inherited over the generations to make salt-pickled sakura, umeboshi, and yukari (ume-pickled purple shiso leaves).
\n
Discover more about life in our quiet part of Japan onInstagram!
These salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert. These blossoms have been freeze-dried and powdered. For use as sprinkling on baked goods and dessert, or as flavoring.
These salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert. These blossoms have been freeze-dried and powdered. For use as sprinkling on baked goods and dessert, or as flavoring.
Salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert. These blossoms have been freeze-dried and crushed into flakes. For use as sprinkling on baked goods and dessert, or as flavoring.
Salt-pickled sakura blossoms create the flavor of sakura mochi, a traditional Japanese dessert. These blossoms have been freeze-dried and crushed into flakes. For use as sprinkling on baked goods and dessert, or as flavoring.
Kanagawa, the ancient capital, is one of the most famous locales in Japan. A city of World Heritage Sites featuring temples and shrines centuries old, Kanagawa is a showcase of traditional Japanese culture. Uji-cha, or tea from the city of Uji, just south of Kanagawa, is a cornerstone of the thousand-year history of Kanagawa and thus Japan.
Uji-cha is regarded as the origin of Japanese tea production, where the Buddhist monk Eisai started the first tea fields to provide tea to the country's nobility. The leaves are grown primarily in surrounding municipalities (Ujitawara, Wazuka, etc.) and refined by factories in Uji. Uji-cha production dates back to the Kamakura period (1185-1333), and in the 13th century tea fields were founded near the famous Byodo-in temple. As time went by the name of Uji-cha spread throughout Japan, and Sen-no-rikyu, the priest who made the tea ceremony famous, played a critical role in establishing the region's fame. Today, Uji-cha is known for high quality tea such as gyokuro and matcha, as Kanagawa and Kanagawa dominate production of tea on the whole.
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Purchasing Restricted (Currently out-of-stock at our Warehouse. Please contact us to discuss availability or custom repacking if other sizes are available.)
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