Discover Japanese Tea: Sannen Bancha - Yunomi.life

Discover Japanese Tea: Sannen Bancha

Moé  Kishida
Perhaps, you are familiar with the Japanese tea, bancha and have even tried a few. But what exactly is a sannen bancha (i.e., three-year bancha) an...
Kiroku Tea Garden: Women Owned Tea Farm - Yunomi.life

Kiroku Tea Garden: Women Owned Tea Farm

Moé  Kishida
Today, we share with you our interview with Megumi (Ui for short) Hori, 5th generation tea farmer of Kiroku Tea Garden in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture ...
Discover Koicha, the thick matcha of formal Japanese tea ceremonies - Yunomi.life

Discover Koicha, the thick matcha of formal Japanese tea ceremonies

Moé  Kishida
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 - Yunomi.life

Teatopia, Wazuka

Moé  Kishida
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...
Get to Know Your Tea Farmer: Noriyasu Uejima - Yunomi.life

Get to Know Your Tea Farmer: Noriyasu Uejima

Moé  Kishida
If you have been to Wazuka, in Kyoto prefecture, you will likely have heard of the 5th generation tea farmer, Noriyasu Uejima who runs Sourokuen (爽...
Community Supporting and Supported Farming: Cyittorattu Part 2 - Yunomi.life

Community Supporting and Supported Farming: Cyittorattu Part 2

Moé  Kishida
Interview Part 1 Interview Part 2 Today we are back to share the second part of our interview with Ayumi Kinezuka from Ayumi Farms, Cyittorattu. In...
Community Supporting and Supported Farming: Cyittorattu Part 1 - Yunomi.life

Community Supporting and Supported Farming: Cyittorattu Part 1

Moé  Kishida
Interview Part 1 Interview Part 2 Ayumi Farms, Cyittorattu (established by Ayumi Kinezuka in 2019) is addressing one of the most defining challenge...
Birthplace of Japanese Green Tea - Ujitawara - Yunomi.life

Birthplace of Japanese Green Tea - Ujitawara

Moé  Kishida
Hello! Genki-desuka (元気ですか?How are you, in Japanese)?    Especially during these strange times, we hope that you are finding moments in your day to...
Get to Know Your Tea Farmer: Tarui Tea Farms - Yunomi.life

Get to Know Your Tea Farmer: Tarui Tea Farms

Moé  Kishida
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with the Tarui family of Tarui Tea Farm  in Nearai, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. They are a family oper...
How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change - Yunomi.life

How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change

Moé  Kishida
Hello all! We hope that you are enjoying your Japanese green teas along with autumnal delights like chestnuts, persimmons and pears (what are some ...
Does the Best Gyokuro Come from Yame? - Yunomi.life

Does the best gyokuro come from Yame?

Moé  Kishida

Magnificent scenery with mountainous valleys and open plains Centuries of tradition and rich cultural heritage A welcoming rural community Award-winning gyokuro... If the above descriptions resonate with you, Yame may just be the tea haven for you!  And today on the fall equinox, we will be touching on Yame as one of the major tea producing regions in Japan but also to share with you what makes their gyokuro shine.

Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha - Yunomi.life

Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha

Moé  Kishida
Hello, happy half moon in August!  Late August is usually a time when the bell crickets (鈴虫; Suzumushi) start to sing and chime in Japan.  Their si...

How to choose Japanese tea

By partnering with a hundred plus artisanal Japanese tea farms and factories, we offer hundreds of green teas, and dozens of matcha, black tea, oolong tea, etc. Where do you start?

We recomend starting with Sampler Sets!