Professional's Guide to Japanese Tea
Bamboo and the Art of Chasen Making
Today, I would like to talk about chasen (茶筅), the indispensable and quintessential tea whisk that is used to make matcha, particularly focusing on...
All About Shading in Japanese Tea Cultivation
Hello! Genki desuka (How are you doing)?
Today, I would like to delve into the topic of shading and shaded teas. If you enjoy drinking gyokuro, ka...
Discover Koicha, the thick matcha of formal Japanese tea ceremonies
Did you know that there are two ways of preparing matcha? Usucha and Koicha. Probably, the matcha you are familiar with looks like this:
Usucha m...
Teatopia, Wazuka
Greetings! Can you spot the praying mantis lounging in the beautiful tea fields of Wazuka? Yes, today we are back highlighting some of the major t...
How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change
Hello all!
We hope that you are enjoying your Japanese green teas along with autumnal delights like chestnuts, persimmons and pears (what are some ...
Yunomi Matcha Grades
Yunomi Matcha Grades
Shop our extensive collection of matcha (this collection also includes other tea powders) from producers around Japan.
What is...
How does the price of matcha affect its chemical composition (theanine, EGCG, catechin, caffeine)?
Shop our collection of matcha & other tea powders
These are just a few studies, but they give you an idea of the range of levels of chemicals (...
Everything you need to know about matcha quality
A customer recently asked on another blog post, “With the bitter taste of matcha tea is there a way to make it taste better?” The customer had refe...
Secrets about matcha
Did you know?
Matcha is made by finely grinding tencha leaves, tea leaves that have been shaded for about four weeks, and more importantly, that h...
How matcha is made
This is a quick primer on matcha production. We learned all of this because we work with both tea farms and tea factories. Matcha from small-scale...
The Myth of Matcha and the Claim It Has 137x Antioxidants of Green Tea
There are many companies misquoting a certain study examining the levels of EGCG (a specific type of catechin, itself a kind of antioxidant). These companies say that matcha has 137x the level of antioxidants as green tea. In this article, we examine the truth behind this myth.
