After the excellent Kôshun from Ashikita, here’s again a black tea, this time coming from the prefecture of Saitama, from Iruma city to be more precise. Certain may have guessed, it is a tea by Hiruma Yoshiaki. Last year, I… Read More ›
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Black tea from Ashikita, Kôshun cultivar
It has been a century and a half since Japan began producing black tea (or red tea if literally translated as kôcha (jp) hongcha (ch) 紅茶). Japan, however, does not have the image of a black tea producing country, it… Read More ›
Three smoked black teas from Shizuoka
I have been proposing for several years a smoked black tea from Shimada in Shizuoka by Mr. Matsumoto who was the first in Japan to try this experiment. Its flagship product is the one I was proposing, smoked with wood… Read More ›
Benifûki black tea from Kumamoto
Last spring, the Kumamoto Prefecture was hit by a series of violent earthquakes, causing much damage. Ashikita, south of the department, was safe from major damage and, Mr. Kajihara plantations have not suffered this time (last year, a landslide had… Read More ›
Kôshun black tea from Kawane
I mentioned last week Masui Etsuro, tea producer in Kawane through one of its sencha, Tsuyu-hikari cultivar. But more than these sencha I was first attracted by its black teas, this one in particular. These lovely leaves are made from… Read More ›
Sayama black tea, Musashi Kaori
That’s a long time since I had proposed on Thés du Japon a tea by Mr. Hiruma. My recent renewed interest in Japanese black tea has naturally led my eyes to this producer that I always liked black teas. “Sayama… Read More ›
Black teas from Ureshino
I already offer on Thés du Japon a selection of teas from Ureshino by Mr. Ôta, tamaryokucha and kama-iri cha. Here are two black teas that seemed to me, each for different reasons very interesting. Japanese black tea is a… Read More ›
Smoked black tea from Shizuoka, 2015
Last year the smoked black tea by Mr. Matsumoto (Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture) was well received in my selection for Thés du Japon. So it is natural that I restock it in its 2015 vintage. It’s still a second harvest black… Read More ›
Smoked black tea from Shizuoka
Rather suspicious of Japanese black/red teas and convinced that it is green tea, steamed green tea in particular, that is the “soul” and the true personality of Japanese tea, I was not really in a hurry to create a complete… Read More ›
