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A guide to preparing cold brewed and iced Japanese tea

Now that the warmer weather has arrived and we are transitioning into the summer months, I tend to drink less hot tea due to the weather and instead I choose to drink more cold brewed or iced Japanese teas. Earlier in my journey with tea, I found it hard to master the techniques of making…
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Sakura Sessions – Obubu Tea Farms – Sakura Sencha

Sadly the time has come to say goodbye to the Sakura Sessions series until next year’s Sakura Season. In my last two Sakura Sessions posts, I told you all that before I finished the series I wanted to feature three sakura blends from Obubu tea, that I was very kindly sent samples of by my…
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Sakura Sessions – Obubu Tea Farms – Hoji Sakura Sencha

Sakura Season is well and truly underway and sadly it will be coming to an end soon, but before it does I wanted to make sure I featured all of the Sakura teas and tisanes I’ve had the chance to sip on throughout this year’s Sakura season. The next three posts in this series will…
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Sakura Sessions – Chasandai: Sakura Sencha with Sugared Sakura Leaves

I couldn’t let sakura season pass without talking about Chasandai: Sakura Sencha with Sugared Sakura Leaves 桜煎茶 – A blend of sencha, sugared sakura (Japanese Cherry Blossom) leaves and dried Sakura blossom petals from Chasandai’s tea factory in Shimane Prefecture Japan, that inspired me to put together the sakura sessions series for this years sakura…
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Insights Into The Japanese Tea Industry – Postcard Tea Q&A
I can’t believe we are at this point in the year already it really seems like this year has gone by in the blink of an eye compared to 2020, before we know it Christmas will be here and we’ll be making our way into 2022 but until then there are many more Fridays which…