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What is Kuromame?(Black Soybean ”Tea”)
Back in December of 2022 I made my own Japanese tea advent calendar that included both caffeinated traditional options and caffeine free tisanes, as I’ve been aiming to explore the world of Japanese tisanes and thought there was no better way to do that than including them in my advent calendar. One of those tisanes…
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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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What is Batabatacha? – A Traditional Japanese Herbal Blend & A Fermented Tea
Not too long ago now I was able to purchase(*) Batabatacha through Yunomi. I took a risk with this blend because I had never tried anything like this before, but I’m always looking to learn more about Japanese tea traditions and to try them out for myself so I wanted to give it a go…
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What is Wakoucha? – History, Production and More
Hey Everyone! I hope you have all been doing well and you’ve been enjoying the way that my content has been going since we re branded, I’ve definitely felt much more inspired and creative than I was before, well on days when my pain levels are low that is. But the point is, I’ve been…
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Michiyo Tsujimura’s Birthday! – A Google Doodle Dedicated To Her Work
Hey Everyone! I wasn’t planning on posting today but when I saw today google doodle this morning and found it it was dedicated to Michiyo Tsujimura and her work with tea to celebrate what would have been her 133rd birthday I had to write a post all about it, to help people out there learn…