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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 9 | Nara

Can you believe that we are already at Day 9 of the Japanese tea marathon! I feel like it’s all flying by so fast but I’m enjoying every single moment of it and I really have been able to learn so much. I’ll definitely be sad when it’s time for the marathon to finish but…

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01/08/2021

green tea, hojicha, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, sencha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger

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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 6 | Nagasaki

Located on the west side of Kyushu island, Nagasaki itself has the largest number of islands in Japan. For a long time Nagasaki was known as the gateway to Japan, with it’s geographical location making it one of the main ports for trading with Asia and Europe. During the isolation period of Japan – ‘sakoku’…

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29/07/2021

green tea, hojicha, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, matcha, tamaryokucha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger

hojicha, japanese green tea, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, loose leaf tea, tamaryokucha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Is A Wish Blog, Tea Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Tea Learning, tea review, Tea Tasting, The Global Japanese Tea Association
The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 4 | Fukuoka

Day Four of The Global Japanese Tea Association’s – Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and today we are learning about the tea region of Fukuoka. Just like in all of my previous posts from the marathon I’ll talk a little about the area, tea within the area, it’s history and also what we learned from…

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27/07/2021

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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 1 | Kagoshima

Japanese tea is facing many challenges; younger people are moving to coffee, consumption is going down, tea is changing shape and being consumed mostly from bottles rather than being prepared in the traditional way with teaware like the Kyusu. Tea production has fallen 30% in the last 15 years – younger people don’t want to…

KimberleysKyusu

23/07/2021

Fukamushi, Genmaicha, green tea, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, loose leaf tea, sencha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Learning

Fukamushi, green tea, japan, japanese green tea, Japanese Tea, loose leaf tea, matcha, sencha, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Educator, Tea Farmer, Tea Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Tea Marathon, The Global Japanese Tea Association
Matcha Monday Masterclasses | An Interview With Ian Chun of Yunomi Tea

Well, quite a bit of time has passed since I last posted, I definitely wasn’t expecting that to happen but a mixture of managing a chronic illness and moving house meant I just did not have the time to write posts, do tasting session or take pictures. We have now moved house though and I…

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12/07/2021

Japanese Matcha, matcha, Matcha Masterclass, Matcha Monday, matcha monday masterclasses, Q&A, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Is A Wish Blog, Tea Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Tea Learning, teaisawishblogXYunomi, yunomi tea

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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 9 | Nara

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 6 | Nagasaki

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 4 | Fukuoka

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 1 | Kagoshima

Matcha Monday Masterclasses | An Interview With Ian Chun of Yunomi Tea