Kimberley's Kyusu

What is Amacha? – A Japanese Herbal Tisane

What Is Amacha? How do you steep it? Is there more than one way you can use it? Those are all questions I’ll be answering in todays post about a phenomenally under rated traditional Japanese tisane. The Amacha I’ll be featuring in this post was purchased* via Yunomi and you can find it on their…

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18/08/2022

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Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka

You all know me well enough by now to know that I love doing side by side comparison tastings and using them to learn more about tea. With that in mind, when I made my last order with Yunomi I purposefully bought teas I could do comparison tasting with. I’ll be covering them all on…

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21/07/2022

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Trying a Bizenya – Hand Picked Fukumidori – Sayamacha White Tea For The First Time

for me, 2022 among many other things is about trying to allow myself to have as many new tea experiences as possible, of which I have luckily already had a few in just the first two months. Today I wanted to add to that list of new tea experiences in 2022 with another tea first…

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26/03/2022

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Side By Side Matcha Comparison – Featuring Three Matchas From Naoki Matcha

These three matchas are from Uji (specifically the area near Joyo), Wazuka and Nisho. They are high-grade matchas that are suitable for both usucha and koicha and they have been named after the regions they come from Uji Harmony, Wazuka Hilltop and Nishio Bloom. Each of the matchas was shaded for around six weeks. Elevation…

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24/01/2022

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Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile

Hey Everyone! Today’s post is all about Hojicha which is a tea a lot of people associate with this time of the year so I thought that now was the best time to do this post and assist those of you out there who love hojicha in learning more about what goes into creating it…

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18/01/2022

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What is Amacha? – A Japanese Herbal Tisane

Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka

Trying a Bizenya – Hand Picked Fukumidori – Sayamacha White Tea For The First Time

Side By Side Matcha Comparison – Featuring Three Matchas From Naoki Matcha

Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile