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Garden Glimpses – Ayumi Farms (Cyittorattu)

We’re already coming to the end of July & it’s time for the latest instalment of the Garden Glimpses series. We’ve previously covered Azuma Tea Garden, Tarui Tea Farm & Tea Farm Mitocha, and today we will be taking a deep dive into the world of Ayumi Farms (Cyittorattu). In 2019 Ayumi Kinezuka established Cyittorattu…
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Tasting Sessions – Miyazaki Sabou: Kamairicha (Yabukita Single Cultivar – Reserve)

Every once in a while I come across a tea that has such a incredibly unique set of tasting notes that there is not an ounce of doubt in my mind that I need to post about it, so I can ensure that as many people as possible know about said tea and hopefully get…
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Matcha Monday – Azuma Tea Farm –Ipponmatsu (Okumidori) | Review

It’s the last matcha Monday of June, wow were getting through this year fast aren’t we? I feel like I blinked at the end of March and landed at the end of June. Despite the amplified speed that time seems to be passing at, I have still been sipping on lots of fantastic tea including…
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Garden Glimpses – Tarui Tea Farm

In January I started a brand new series titled Garden Glimpses, a series in which each post focuses on a single Japanese tea garden / farm, highlighting the work they are doing alongside my personal experiences with them and the teas that I have had the chance to sample from them over the years since…
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Matcha Monday | Obubu Tea Farms – Gokou Matcha | Review

Happy Matcha Monday! For a while, I have been wanting to try a wider selection of the matchas that Obubu Tea Farms currently stocks. So when I came across a sampler set featuring five of their matchas when browsing the Yunomi website and putting together my most recent order, I jumped at the chance to…