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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 4 | Fukuoka
Day Four of The Global Japanese Tea Association’s – Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and today we are learning about the tea region of Fukuoka. Just like in all of my previous posts from the marathon I’ll talk a little about the area, tea within the area, it’s history and also what we learned from…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 3 | Kumamoto
Day 3 of the Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and just like the previous post I’ll be taking you through everything I have learnt in today’s session including information about the region, tea within the region and information about today’s guest tea producer and the teas they produce. Today’s Tea region is Kumamoto, which is…
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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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Let’s Talk Tea | Jing Sheng Yu – Oriental Beauty (Oolong) | Review
Hey Teacups! I’m back today with a Let’s Talk Tea post and this time around I’m going to be reviewing Jing Sheng Yu’s – Oriental Beauty (Oolong). Those of you who know me well will know that I’m a huge oolong fan so when Jing Sheng Yu’s team reached out to me and asked if…