For my third post in this series, I thought of tackling a fairly big topic: tea bags vs loose leaf, and getting all the info ended up taking longer than I expected. I tried to find out more about the humble tea bag, the difference the tea bags and loose leaf teas, and if it… Read More Tea 101: Tea Bags vs Loose Leaf
Today, I want to introduce one of the teas that I bought in Kumamoto. It’s called 食べる緑茶 (Taberu Ryokucha) and it literally means “edible green tea”. This tea is from Izumi and if you believe the product page, it’s a super healthy tea to drink because the tea is powdered, which means that all the… Read More 食べる緑茶 (Taberu Ryokucha) + the Difference with Matcha
Second post in this series and I thought that I’d talk about a part of tea that is vital to the beverage but not really considered [1]: water. To me, water is water, but there are apparently three things to consider. 1. Hardness of the waterThe book that I’m using (Black Tea Bible) divides water… Read More Tea 101: Water in Tea
You probably know that I like tea mostly because I like how it tastes. And that I started this blog not knowing much about tea. But since I know have a blog (and because I’ve been drinking tea for a while now), I thought it would be a good idea for me to know more… Read More Tea 101: Types of Tea
When it was decided that my sister and I were going to Okinawa, I decided to try and see if there was anything interesting tea-wise. Well, I found Bukubuku Tea (ブクブク茶), which is unlike anything that I’ve ever seen before! What is Bukubuku Tea (ブクブク茶)? Bukubuku tea, a type of furicha, is a traditional Okinawan… Read More Tea 101: What is Okinawa’s Bukubuku Tea (ブクブク茶)?