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Nio Teas – Kyoto Matcha Masudaen | Review

This Matcha Monday, I want to introduce you Nio Teas & their Kyoto Matcha Masudaen. This matcha is carefully crafted using a blend of three cultivars: Yabukita, Sayamakaori, and Okumidori. It is cultivated by Mr. Masuda, a skilled tea farmer from Shizuoka who oversees a substantial tea field. In addition to this matcha, he also…
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Nagatani Tea: Ujitawara Tenmyo Matcha – Premium Ceremonial Grade

This Matcha Monday, I want to introduce you to Nagatani Tea & their Premium Ceremonial Grade, Ujitawara Tenmyo Matcha. This matcha uses a new and rather rare cultivar by the name of Tenmyo which was registered in 2006 and cultivated from a seed of the Samidori cultivar in Uji, Kyoto, with the other parent being…
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Chiyonoen Tea Garden: Standard Ceremonial Grade Yame Matcha (Hime Midori)

This single cultivar Hime Midori Matcha is from Chiyonoen Tea Garden, a small tea garden operated by husband and wife farmers Masashi and Eri Harashima deep in the mountains of Yabe Village, Fukuoka, Japan. It is a 3rd generation farm that specialises in high grade mountain-grown sencha and gyokuro, established by his grandfather and the…
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Tsujiki Tea Garden: Modern Heritage Grade – Uji Matcha (Gokou)

Just over nine years have passed since I started this blog and throughout all of that time, I have been able to sip my way through many a matcha, the majority of which were single cultivar matchas sourced from many different locations throughout Japan. Those experiences have been able to help me learn about the…
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Azuma Tea Farm – Samidori-no-ka Matcha – Review & Art Pairing

Am I about to review another Azuma Tea Farms Matcha? Of course I am, because I will not be able to stop until I’ve tried and reviewed each and every single one, which I’m getting closer and closer to achieving as time goes by. You would think that by now I would have found one…