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Tasting Sessions : Ogura Tea Garden: First Flush Yabukita Wakocha
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done a tasting sessions post hasn’t it! Totally not an intended break at all, but one I just had to take due to medical issues. However I recently tried a new First Flush, Yabukita Wakoucha from Ougra Tea Garden. Over the years I’ve tried a fantastic selection of […]
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Building My Own Japanese Tea Advent Calendar – Ft Yunomi Tea
The Festive season is almost here and of course, I like many of you out there want to combine my love of tea and Christmas together in the form of a tea advent Calander. There are some option out there for traditional tea lovers but they are very limited, some only ship within specific countries […]
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How To Brew: Gyokuro
Since I started my blog and found over the years that my passion for tea lies mostly with Japanese tea, I’ve thrown myself into learning as much as I possibly can to make sure I’m getting the most out of the teas I’m drinking and preparing them at their best. It was a trial and […]
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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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Blending Experiment Featuring Daily Duck Shit & Monbloom Bloom Dancong From White2Tea
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a long time now will know that I have championed experimenting with teas since the very start of my tea journey. While I haven’t had flavoured teas in a long time now as I now just drink traditional teas, that doesn’t mean that the side […]