Tea Info

  • Photo: Making Sayamacha Green Roast Sencha

    Yokota-san says: Currently roasting tea for “Sayamacha Green Roast Sencha” using houroku (roaster/ pan). The post Photo: Making Sayamacha Green Roast Sencha appeared first on YUNOMI.

  • Shincha Update > Morita Tea Garden 4/24

    Morita-san sent us more pictures of their tea farm. They cover some tea trees for several days before harvesting for Kabusecha.   Can you tell the difference? The left (covered...

  • Yokota Tea Farm

    Yunomi.us staff Mariko driving the tea tank (this kind of harvester used for flat fields feels like driving a tank)Your browser does not support the video tag The post Yokota...

  • Akio Kurihara-san’s way of recycling tea

    生育が少し良くない畑にもみ殻堆肥を投入してます。 これは茶工場で出た茶しぶダゴや、はわき集めた茶粉を混ぜて作った堆肥。 いわば再利用。無駄なく茶畑に還すってことですね。 Adding chaff compost to the tea field that is not growing as expected. The compost is made from remains of tea incrustation and powder of tea leaves...

  • 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...

  • 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...