The 2021 vintages continue to arrive, faster and faster, so dealing with everything, even briefly, on this blog is not that simple … but let’s go! Sencha from Fujieda, cultivar Fuji-kaori Rarer than Sôfû, this other inzatsu type cultivar that… Read More ›
For the rest of my Kawane teas, here are sencha from Moto-fujikawa. The cultivars Shizu-7132 and Tsuyu-hikari (itself from the cross between Shizu-7132 and Asatsuyu), were already present in my selection in previous years, so the big novelty is Shizu-kaori…. Read More ›
For the details of Mr. Tarui’s teas from Nearai (Shizuoka, Hamamatsu City), I invite you to read this article about its phenomenal Inzatsu 131. In short, the peculiarity of these fukamushi cha comes from their method of manufacture, on an… Read More ›
Alongside Hon.yama (town of Shizuoka) and Tenryû (town of Hamamatsu), Kawane is one of the three major regions of Shizuoka mountain tea production. So far, I have presented sencha from the Tsuchiya’s (Mizukawa sector), from Mr. Masui (Aobe), and from… Read More ›
As Ôhira, from you will find some sencha on Thés du Japon, Ryôgouchi 両河内 is a village in the mountains of Shimizu sector dependent of Shizuoka city. This is a tea producing area, where the few remaining producers continue to… Read More ›
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