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All About Japanese Tea Culture

  • A Comforting Japanese Dish with Tea: Ochazuke - Yunomi.life

    A Comforting Japanese Dish with Tea: Ochazuke

    Have you ever tried the Japanese dish called ochazuke? Ochazuke is not a dish that one typically comes across in Japanese restaurants outside of Japan. It is more of a familial and...

  • Mugicha, the Flavor of Summer in Japan - Yunomi.life

    Mugicha, the Flavor of Summer in Japan

    Hello, it's summer time!  I hope you are all enjoying the longer days and more light, enjoying the flowers and their pollinators around this time of year. In my last...

  • Chanoyu, nation building and femininity - Yunomi.life

    Chanoyu, nation building and femininity

    In this article, tea aficionado Jim Burridge offers commentary on two books that examine who practiced tea ceremony, what it has meant and what social and cultural roles it has...

  • What is shincha and why is it so special? - Yunomi.life

    What is shincha and why is it so special?

    With the welcoming of spring, we are hearing more and more exciting news of shincha as tea farmers complete their first spring harvest, it is really a golden time during...

  • Happy spring, shincha season is around the corner! - Yunomi.life

    Happy spring, shincha season is around the corner!

    Happy (belated) spring equinox! Have you been enjoying any new smells or new plant growth, more green and sunshine, flowers reaching towards the light? In Japan, the spring equinox  (in...

  • Tea History Shines into the Future - Yunomi.life

    Tea History Shines into the Future

    This blog post was written by guest Jimmy Burridge, who also wrote an earlier piece on tea and climate change. While his plant research has more to do with beans and seeds,...

  • Wintering: Chagara Art - Yunomi.life

    Wintering: Chagara Art

    Greetings!  How has the year 2021 started off for you? I was listening to a podcast touching on the concept of "wintering" the other day and also given the time...

  • Selecting Your Very First Japanese Teas - Yunomi.life

    Selecting Your Very First Japanese Teas

    First of all, a very warm youkoso (welcome) to you!   At Yunomi, we have the largest selection of Japanese teas and this can be a wonderful delight to tea...