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Tasting Sessions – Kurihara Tea #03 – Shin (Heart) Premium Gyokuro

I’m sure it comes as a shock to absolutely no-one that I am a huge Gyokuro fan, I have always said that if I could only drink one kind of loose leaf Japanese green tea for the rest of my life it would be Gyokuro, so I am always on the look out for new…
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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 Mint Tisane

In my last Sakura Sessions post I told you all that just like the Sakura season is coming to an end, so too is this series, until next year. I also told you all that I still had three blends from Obubu Tea Farms that I wanted to feature before I rounded off the series. The…
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Sakura Sessions – Chiyonoen Tea Garden: #27 Mountain-Grown Yame Sakura Leaf Black Tea

The week before last I started a series here on my blog titled Sakura Sessions. I knew that the first tea featured for this series had to be my favourite Sakura Sencha, a true staple in my tea collection at all times of the year. My aim with this series is just to show how I…
