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Nio Teas’ Oishi Ceremonial Matcha Saemidori | Review & Art Pairing

Nio Teas’ Oishi Ceremonial Matcha Saemidori is from Kagoshima, on Japan’s Kyushu Island, and crafted by Mr. Oishi & the Oishi family. As the name suggests, it is made from the Saemidori cultivar, one of Japan’s most celebrated varieties, and is from Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyushu Island, one of Japan’s most fertile tea-growing regions. The…
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Nio Teas – Premium Matcha Chiran | Review & Art Pairing

I only ever have one tin / bag of matcha open at a time, to ensure that I am sipping through the matcha I have while it is at it’s best and to enable me to focus everything each one has to offer, collating detailed notes and experimenting with matcha to water ratio, water temperature…
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Trying a competition grade Nagareboshi Temomicha for the first time

I am always on the look out for new teas to try and when I saw that this Competition Grade Nagareboshi Temomicha was available via Yunomi, I knew that I had to experience it for myself as I have only ever had a handful of competition grade teas in the past, but each one has…
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10 Years

When I started this blog ten years ago, I wanted to use it as a way to not only share my love of tea with others, but also as a platform for me to be able to learn and develop as a tea enthusiast and channel my creativity. Looking back, I think I can safely…
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Baisa Nakamura: Imperial Ceremonial Grade – Uji Matcha | Review

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post a long form post here on my blog and I really have missed doing it, but I also felt like I was in need of a little break from doing it while I worked on crafting a new posting style for my content over on…