Celebrate Japanese Tea Women

Celebrate Japanese Tea Women

Moé  Kishida
Tea farming, like agriculture in general, is typically thought of as a male-dominated world, probably because men tend to own the land, businesses ...
A Japanese summer delicacy, Uji kintoki

A Japanese summer delicacy, Uji kintoki

Moé  Kishida
If you are a Japanese tea aficionado, you’ve probably already heard of the famous tea producing region Uji, in Kyoto Prefecture. But have you heard...
Craftsmanship and evolution of the Japanese tea caddy

Craftsmanship and evolution of the Japanese tea caddy

Moé  Kishida
Tea caddies have been important for Japanese tea for hundreds of years and have carried particular prestige since the great warlord Oda Nobunaga (1...
Grandma phantom tea in the mountains

Grandma phantom tea in the mountains

Moé  Kishida
Hello! Have you tried any of the 2023 shinchas at Yunomi?  The month of May (the time around the 88th night) is peak tea harvesting season in Japan...
Celebrate Hachijyu-Hachiya (88th Night)

Celebrate Hachijyu-Hachiya (88th Night)

Moé  Kishida
May 2nd in 2023, is “hachijyu-hachiya”, a holiday which marks the 88th night since the beginning of spring called Risshun (i.e., February 2nd or 3r...
History of Hojicha, One of Japan's Favorite Teas

History of Hojicha, One of Japan's Favorite Teas

Moé  Kishida
Today, we touch on the history of hojicha, which in comparison to the other Japanese teas out there, is relatively new.  Hojicha making started in ...
A Japanese Proverb with Roots in the Tea Ceremony

A Japanese Proverb with Roots in the Tea Ceremony

Moé  Kishida
A belated happy new year to you! I hope 2023 has started off kindly for you.  Today, January 20th in Japan marks Daikan (大寒;daikan), the season of ...
Former Soccer Player Hidetoshi Nakata promotes Japanese Tea

Former Soccer Player Hidetoshi Nakata promotes Japanese Tea

Moé  Kishida
Long before my passion for tea blossomed, there was my passion for the beautiful game, fútbol (soccer). Apparently I’ve been missing playing soccer...
History behind the Japanese side-handled kyusu

History behind the Japanese side-handled kyusu

Moé  Kishida
If you’re familiar with the Japanese teapot “kyusu”, you’ve probably noticed it has its’ handle to the side at a 90 degree angle instead of to the ...
What's so special about mountain-grown Japanese tea? - Yunomi.life

What's so special about mountain-grown Japanese tea?

Moé  Kishida
If you are familiar with the selection of teas on the Yunomi site, you have probably come across teas that are described as, “mountain-grown”. As w...
Chabana - The Flowers of Tea Plants - Yunomi.life

Chabana - The Flowers of Tea Plants

Moé  Kishida
Today, let’s talk about tea flowers! That is, not the general seasonal tea flowers that one may arrange for a Japanese tea ceremony, but tea flower...
In Celebration: Japanese Tea Day - Yunomi.life

In Celebration: Japanese Tea Day

Moé  Kishida
Ohayo! Genki-desuka? (Good morning! How are you?) Can you believe it’s the end of October? As the temperatures drop, leaves change colors and we da...

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!