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Japanese Teaware – What Is A Houhin?
Hey Everyone! Today I’m going to be starting a new series all about Japanese teaware. With each post I’ll be picking a specific piece of teaware to talk about and discuss, and then at the end of the post I’ll suggest a few teas that I think would be at that best when prepared with…
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Matcha Monday | Which Fruits Pair Perfectly With Koicha?
Hey Everyone! Happy Matcha Monday, For today’s post I’m coming to you with something a little bit different that usual as today we are going to be talking all about tea and food pairings, specifically looking into which fruits pair well with Koicha. I was inspired to do this little experiment by Nio Teas over…
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Michiyo Tsujimura’s Birthday! – A Google Doodle Dedicated To Her Work
Hey Everyone! I wasn’t planning on posting today but when I saw today google doodle this morning and found it it was dedicated to Michiyo Tsujimura and her work with tea to celebrate what would have been her 133rd birthday I had to write a post all about it, to help people out there learn…
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What Is Tea To Me?
It has now been around 8 years since I first fell in love with loose leaf tea. At the start for me really it was just a beverage as I had been brought up on standard black tea tea bags with lots of milk and sugar. However, as the years has gone by what tea…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 15 | Shizuoka
Sadly the last day of the Japanese Tea Marathon has come and gone (I’m a day late to posting this because I had my first covid jab yesterday) but just because yesterday was the last day of the marathon, it didn’t mean that the session wasn’t just as jam packed and informative as the ones…