It’s been quite a while since I posted on my blog. Without this being voluntary, the tea that I am going to discuss today is a continuation of my last two articles since it is a tea from Sashima, that… Read More ›
wulong
“Hoji Oolong” tea
Happy New Year 2019 to you all. I go back few months ago to a tea introduced on Thés du Japon last November, but that remains perfectly seasonal. It is Hoji Oolong from Hon.yama. This is a hoji-cha made from… Read More ›
Two kanaya-midori cultivar wulong from Morokozawa, fired and non-fired types
In Morokozawa, in the Shizuoka mountain tea production area called Hon.yama, Satô Hiromitsu is known for its Kogane-midori cultivar with its golden color leaves. It is also one of the few Japanese producers making really excellent wulong tea. For these… Read More ›
Roasted wulong tea from Morokozawa
This is a tea I had been waiting for a long time, one another of my special favorites. Satô Hiromitsu is in Morokozawa (Hon.yama, Shizuoka) the producer of the famous Kogane-midori, this cultivar with golden yellow leaves, but also the… Read More ›
Kôju, a unique semi-fermented tea from Hon.yama
Even before the start of Thés du Japon, I had already presented on the French version of the blog “Kôju“, this outstanding cultivar (unregistered) selected by the producer from Hon.yama, Takahashi Tatsuji from a “zarai” tea plant (tea plants reproduced… Read More ›