Japanese teas
All posts tagged "Japanese teas"Shincha 2010: Organic Sencha “Warashima Supreme” from O-Cha
O-Cha’s Organic Sencha “Warashima Supreme” is a light-steamed shincha with a seductive aroma of white chocolate and berries and slender leaves resembling broken pine leaves. This sencha comes from Shizuoka and steeps into a mellow, light green cup, whose most dominant flavour is that of steamed spinach, accented by a hint of pepper and a slight sweetness.
Shincha 2010: Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori
Open up your packet of Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori, draw in deeply, and you’ll be hit with the heavenly aroma of extraordinary tea: forest freshness, met by the syrupy sweetness of blackcurrant and the tartier overtones of tropical fruits. You only get this kind of rich aroma when the tea is this fresh — and this good.
Organic Hojicha from Mighty Leaf Tea
A new year, a new tea. Hojicha is a roasted Japanese tea that consists predominantly of the stalks of the tea plant. It is, according to Harney, a relatively recent invention, dating back to 1920. The rise of mechanical harvesters had meant that there was an excess of tea stalks after harvesting. Seeing the waste, a Japanese merchant in Uji took the stalks and started roasting them. Hojicha was born.
Monk's Bliss by Mellow Monk
How do you like my new tea set?
I celebrated my birthday last week and got three new tea brewing devices: a porcelain gaiwan, a yixing teapot and this one, a simple Japanese teapot with a large infuser basket.
It has been fun experimenting with the gaiwan over the past week, while I’ve been considering which type of tea my yixing should be devoted to (anyone have any thoughts?). I decided to use the teapot pictured above to make today’s tea, Monk’s Bliss by Mellow Monk.
Kagoshima Shincha Yutaka Midori 2009
My package of Kagoshima Shincha Yutaka Midori 2009 arrived last week, earlier than expected. This is the second time I’ve ordered tea from O-Cha, and on both occasions I have been impressed with how quickly my tea arrived.
Shincha: Anticipating 2009's First Japanese Green Teas
In a world where supermarkets stock a never-ending supply of tea, have we lost the thrill of anticipation? Do we remember the feeling of waiting for a new harvest to yield a fresh crop of tea?
An email from O-Cha this morning reminded me: 2009′s first harvest is drawing near. And O-Cha have four shinchas ready to pre-order, from four different Japanese tea gardens.
7 Common Questions About Green Tea
Ever wondered where green tea is grown? What its health benefits are? Where you can buy it online? In this article, I answer seven questions people commonly have about green tea.
Japanese TV ad for green tea
And you thought I was obsessed…
Sniffing tea: How two weeks of shading affects a tea's aroma
I love sniffing tea. It tunes you into the subtle nuances between the types of tea. But when it comes to smelling the difference between sencha and gyokuro green teas, there’s nothing subtle about it.