Tales of Japanese tea

Things that can’t be experienced with teabags I sometimes have premium green tea for a change. Gyokuro is not a tea to gulp down for thi...

Delightful Reception Despite we are still in the rainy season, it was damn hot in these past few days. This Sunday, I went to Toki, Gifu ...

Graceful Whisking In a movie “Ask this of Rikyu”, there is the scene where Ms. Miki Nakatani as Souon prepares tea. When I watched it, I...

Yakishime pot can brew better tasting tea Yakishime is a type of ceramic. It is baked in a high temperature without any glaze. Tokona...

Cleaning in Japan Some tourists from abroad find the cities in Japan relatively clean. Some people get surprised that in schools, kids us...

Sweet confection for the elderly?! It is a sweet that I’ve had at my grandma’s place. It has a dry coarse texture in your mouth and it’s...

  What a shame! You usually see a hanging scroll displayed in a tea room. From the scroll, you are supposed to read the host’s mind or ...

Why Flat Shape Is Good You might have heard different opinions regarding the ideal shape of a teapot. Here is one of the opinions. Some...

Public tea ceremony The best places to try Japanese tea ceremony are the casual ones which are held as a city event or monthly gatherings...

Confident on your procedures? This entry is for the people who havejust got started with matcha. They might have learned it from books o...

The tea that I crave for once in a while The tea is sometimes served after cuisines at a restaurant or you might find it in a tea set in ...

Hesitation to start matcha I sometimes see people making matcha with an electrical milk frother. Someone even uses an ordinary beater. ...