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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 2 | Miyazaki
Day 2 of the Japanese tea marathon hosted by The Global Japanese Tea Association! For today’s marathon workshop we learnt all about Miyazaki. So just like yesterdays post, in this post I’m going to go through what we learnt about the region, the tea that grows there and what we learnt about the guest farmer…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 1 | Kagoshima
Japanese tea is facing many challenges; younger people are moving to coffee, consumption is going down, tea is changing shape and being consumed mostly from bottles rather than being prepared in the traditional way with teaware like the Kyusu. Tea production has fallen 30% in the last 15 years – younger people don’t want to…
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Matcha Monday Masterclasses | An Interview With Ian Chun of Yunomi Tea
Well, quite a bit of time has passed since I last posted, I definitely wasn’t expecting that to happen but a mixture of managing a chronic illness and moving house meant I just did not have the time to write posts, do tasting session or take pictures. We have now moved house though and I…
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Matcha Monday Masterclasses | Matcha Grading & How To Ensure You Are Getting The Best Quality
Hey There Teacups! Happy Matcha Monday.. I’m finally back today with the next instalment of my Matcha Monday Masterclasses series and this time around we are going to be taking a deep dive into the world of matcha grading, what it indicates in terms of the quality of your matcha and why it deffinelty need…
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Matcha Monday Masterclasses | Preparing Matcha (Part 1) – The Traditional Methods
Hey there Teacups! Happy Matcha Monday! Today marks the start of a brand new series that will be happening on some Mondays between other matcha posts titled Matcha Monday Masterclasses, a series which will revolve around teaching you everything you need to know about matcha! My aim with this series is help matcha newbies and…