Hello friends! This is the last post in the tea 101 series for a while, and I’m excited to share a cultivar that’s completely new to me – the Tsuyuhikari (つゆひかり)! What is the Tsuyuhikari cultivar? The Tsuyuhikar was created by the Shizuoka Tea Experiment Station (静岡県茶業試験場) in 1970 by crossing Shizu7132 (静7132) as the… Read More Tea 101: Tsuyuhikari
It has been almost a month since my last Tea 101 post, so we are long overdue for this look into Musashi Kaori! What is the Musashi Kaori cultivar? Created in 1967 as a cross between the yabukita and the intriguingly labelled “27F1-73”, the Musashi Kaori is distinguished by its refreshing scent and umami note.… Read More Tea 101: Musashi Kaori
I have a big, tea-related talk on Saturday so I really, really wanted to have a tea-related post this week. I’ve been drinking sencha made from the hokumei cultivar, so I thought it was the perfect tea to look into! What is the Hokumei Cultivar? The hokumei cultivar was developed in Saitama prefecture by combining… Read More Tea 101: The Hokumei Cultivar
I got a box of Clipper teas around the end of last year and I’m actually finishing the box right now, so I thought it would be fun to just write quick reviews of each tea! I remember liking Clipper teas when I first started getting into teas, so I thought this would be a… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: A Fabulous Selection Infusions & Thés Bio by Clipper Teas
Hello my tea friends! We are back with a new cultivar to look into – and it’s a very interesting one today. What is the Gokoh Cultivar? I say the Gokoh cultivar is interesting because all these teas that I’m drinking are sencha (steamed green tea, which is different from Chinese green teas which tend… Read More Tea 101: The Gokoh Cultivar
I’ve continued drinking more sencha (I mean, it’s not like I want to stop) so here’s another installment in this series on Japanese tea cultivars. There’s not a lot about the Yumewakaba out there, for reasons I’ll explain soon, but here’s what I could find. What is the Yumewakaba cultivar? Unlike the Yabukita cultivar, which… Read More Tea 101: the Yumewakaba cultivar
I have been drinking the teas sent to me by the NPO Agriculture Support Team in Saitama and I noticed that they’ve started producing teas made with the yabukita cultivar, which I didn’t see when I bought the teas from them last year! The yabukita cultivar is actually the most common tea cultivar in Japan,… Read More Tea 101: the Yabukita cultivar
Hi friends!! I am finally opening the teas that I bought from Renegade Tea and I am so excited to be reviewing them in turn. I was initially tempted to get their Spring Splash set, but this is my first time trying their teas so I decided to be a bit more moderate and just… Read More Tea Review: Renegade Life by Renegade Tea Estate
I’ve been very good with my teaware purchases this year, and by that I mean that I’ve not bought a single teacup until earlier this month. I had a friend who was looking to let go of two cups and I liked the pattern so I bought one trio! And so, I came into possession… Read More Just tasting some 2019 Long Jing
It’s time for me to review the second aged sencha that I’ve got from The Tea Crane! I was going to say that I don’t think I’ve tried this cultivar, but thanks to this blog, I found out that I have tried it once – at a cafe. Looking at the notes from that time,… Read More Tea Review: Aged Saemidori Spring Sencha by The Tea Crane