Guest blogs from tea farmers & tea experts
Tea Picking Event by the Kinezuka Family, Day Two
Day two of the Tea Picking Event held by the Kinezuka family on April 27-28, 2013, focused on the actual picking of tea leaves. These tea leaves were then turned into the Organic Handpicked Midori. But before we get into the tea picking… See Day...
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Morita Tea Garden Gallery
Photo gallery of the Morita Tea Garden in Sayama, Saitama, Japan. The Morita Tea Garden is a family owned farm based in the Sayama region, Saitama, Japan, operated by 10th generation tea farmer Fujiichi Morita, his wife, and his son.
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Yokota Tea Garden Gallery
5th generation tea farmer Yasuhiro Yokota is very excited to be able to share his Sayamacha tea with people around the world! Yunomi.us staff Mariko driving the tea tank (this kind of harvester used for flat fields feels like driving a tank)Your browser does not...
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The 41st Auction of Kanto Region Tea Competition
On September 26th, the Kanto Block Tea Exhibit and Auction was held in Iruma city. What is this auction exactly? Well first, tea producers within the Kanto block (all prefectures north of Shizuoka) submit their finest products. Then these products are judged and ranked on...
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Kurihara today – demonstrating Handrolling sencha
Today, Akio is giving a Handrolling (temomi) tea demonstration at the Hirokawa highway service area. he says, “it’s hot.” At 32C/90F degrees, it’s actually cooler than it has been in days, but Handrolling tea is a lot of work!!!
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