The weather is getting cooler in Japan. I made hot Karigane tea and paired it with a small cheese cake.🧀 :: Today’s recipe :: Tea leaves 6g Amount of hot water 250ml Temperature of hot water boiling water Steeping time 60 seconds Kukicha means ‘stem tea’ and is made using stems, stalks and twigs. Amongst the teas made using […]
On the tea tour for Japanese tea instructors we also went to a Wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shop called ‘Machi no ie’. ‘Machi no ie’ means the ‘town house’ and is run by Ms. Kunikane who used to work for the local area, revitalizing the communities in Miyoshi city. She has also worked as a Wagashi […]
I joined the tea tour for Japanese tea instructors and went to Oboke Iya area in Miyoshi city, Tokushima. We visited a local tea company called ‘Kyokufuen’ and the owner’s son, Mr. Magari, showed us their factory and surrounding tea fields. 😊 Kyokufuen is located on a steep slope on a mountain in Miyoshi city, Tokushima. […]
In Tokushima, my hometown and where I’m currently living, there’s a tea named ‘Awa Bancha’. 🍵 It’s one of the rare teas in Japan since it’s made using a fermentation technique where you pick the tea leaves in summer and ferment them in barrels. ‘Awa’ is the old name of Tokushima and ‘Bancha’ means coarse […]