Although from the point of view of production quantities this is quite anecdotal, the fact remains that the quality of Japanese black teas has increased considerably over the past few years. It is a type of tea that I take… Read More ›
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Autumnal Benihikari black tea from Daisen
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 ›
Benihikari autumnal black tea from Fuji
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 ›
Yabukita black tea from Sashima
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 ›
Benihomare black tea from Kameyama, 2nd flush
I mentioned in December the Benihomare black tea 1st flush from Kameyama, and also about this historic Japanese tea varietal that is Benihomare, so please refer to this article. Here is now the summer version. While the fragrance of the… Read More ›
Sashima black tea, 2nd flush Sayama kaori
Following my last article about the amazing black tea from Kameyama Benihomare cultivar, I continue on my way with this other black tea, from Sashima this time, with the Sayama-kaori cultivar, a summer harvest. Sashima is a small producing region… Read More ›
Benihomare black tea from Kameyama
Once again and it’s not over, I’m going to talk about a genre that I’ve been particularly passionate about lately: (Japanese) black tea. And not just any of these this time since it is a Benihomare. Benihomare (pronounced Bénihomaré) is… Read More ›
First flush Japanese black teas, and points about this phenomenon
My enthusiasm growing for this super minor category of Japanese tea that is the black teas, I will present my 2019 first flush selection after having once again presented the history of this unknwon tea category. Indeed, Japanese black teas,… Read More ›
Black teas from Sashima, Izumi
As promised, I continue with Mr. Yoshida’s Sashima teas. This time not senchas but two black teas, harvests of spring and summer, from the phenomenal Izumi cultivar. Izumi is actually nothing new, since this variety was registered in 1960. It… Read More ›
Black tea from Ashikita, “zairai”
A short article about a new delicious and so sweet Japanese black tea made from seed grown “zairai” trees, available on Thés du Japon. For several years, I have been offering kama-iri cha and black tea from Ashikita in the… Read More ›
Karabeni cultivar black tea
This black tea that I introduce today is from Nearai, north of Hamamatsu town in Shizuoka. I already mentioned Nearai for its very unusual fukamushi-cha cultivar Inzatsu 131 (that I particularly like). Here, this second flush black tea is not… Read More ›
A brief history of Japanese black tea
After the introduction of Izumi black tea from Sashima, I would like to enlight with more details the history of Japanese black tea. For a dozen years, the production of Japanese black tea seems to take a new breath. After… Read More ›
A Black tea from Sashima and the Izumi cultivar
While the 2017 Uji-Shirakawa matchas are, including now Yabukita, available, I have also added a new selection of Japanese black teas. Among them, a tea of Sashima in the prefecture of Ibaraki, made from a rare tea cultivar, Izumi. The… Read More ›
Benifûki cultivar black tea from Gokase
A few weeks ago I introduced here a very interesting black tea from Gokase by Mr. Miyazaki made from the Benihikari cultivar, and now (as promised) is a Benifûki first flush 2017 from the same producer. One just have to… Read More ›
Benifûki & Benihikari, two black teas from Yame
Yame, in the Fukuoka prefecture is known as one of the three major producing regions of gyokuro (with Uji, and Asahina), and also for its fukamushi sencha, usually shaded. The Kuma family in the Jôyô-machi area does not deviate from… Read More ›
