I recently mentioned the crucial phase in the production of Japanese tea called “shiage“, which can be called “refining” tea. In Japan, in general, the producer produces “aracha“, raw tea, an unfinished product, basically still unfit for marketing. Most of… Read More ›
This sencha is one of the teas from my selection that I particularly cherish. It comes from Asamiya, a production region with ancient history, yet little known today. Asamiya is located in the Shiga prefecture, and is part of the… Read More ›
His absence was long. Indeed, this beautiful Yume-wakaba cultivar sencha, manual harvest and standard steaming, has been present in my selection for several years. Unfortunately, last year, a major hailstorm shortly before the harvest destroyed the young leaves of this… Read More ›
With around 32% of tea production today, Kagoshima is, after Shizuoka (39%), the second largest Japanese tea producer. It is interesting to note that Kagoshima on the other hand represents 20% of the cultivated area and Shizuoka 40%, that is… Read More ›
I offer each year a very beautiful hand-picked Saemidori from Kirishima in Kagoshima, but this is true that this nonetheless major tea tree cultivar is not very represented in my selection for Thés du Japon. Why major? Because this Yabukita… Read More ›
I think that for even very experiencedJapanese tea lovers, the toponym of Tokunoshima is not very familiar. It is indeed a small island of 80 km of coast located in the Amami archipelago south of Kagoshima. It is a sub-tropical… Read More ›
Here is a tea, a type of tea let’s say, which is kind of new in my selection: a real good fukamushi from Shizuoka, i.e. not shaded, not of these modern fukamushi aiming only at a very green and opaque… Read More ›
In an increasingly difficult situation, nature is running its course and the 2020 shincha season is off to a good start. As every year for a long time now, here is the sencha cultivar Kondô-wase from Mariko. Harvested manually on… Read More ›
As the global health crisis continues to paralyze the world, international tea shipments continue to accumulate delays in a critical and desperate manner. Thés du Japon is therefore looking for an alternative to Japan Post … Tea continues to grow… Read More ›
In recent days, new tea harvests have started in Japan. The shincha period is supposed to be a moment of excitement for both tea lovers and professionals. However, as everyone knows, it is difficult to take things calmly given the… Read More ›
First, here is a place name with which Japanese tea lovers are not very familiar. It is a region located in the prefecture of Tottori at the foot of Mount Daisen. The culture of tea is rather recent in Daisen,… Read More ›
With this very interesting black tea, I present again after a long time Mr. Akiyama from the city of Fuji, just at the foot of the famous volcano in Shizuoka. Not that I was cold with him or even had… Read More ›
Since the 2019 season, I am finally starting to have a reactivity outside Japan towards Japanese black teas. It must be said that the selection is richer, as much, I think, in quantity as in quality, but also in diversity… Read More ›
Here are two excellent sencha for a great textbook case. Same production area, same producer, same cultivar: Yabukita. Both are shaded, 5 days for one 6 for the other. These are two teas from the village of Yabe in Yame,… Read More ›
After having presented in my last articles rather unusual teas, I will talk today about a tea, a sencha, much more classic. Classic does not necessarily mean common, since it is a Samidori cultivar, not Saemidori, from Wazuka, non-shaded, whereas… Read More ›
