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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 5 | Saga
Located on the west side of Kyushu island, Saga is known as the birthplace of Japanese ceramics, especially Japanese porcelain. To this day, there are several areas that make Japanese porcelain including Arita, Imari and Karatsu. Saga prefecture is the smallest in Kyushu island, but it has an active agriculture. Some wheat, barley and rice…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 3 | Kumamoto
Day 3 of the Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and just like the previous post I’ll be taking you through everything I have learnt in today’s session including information about the region, tea within the region and information about today’s guest tea producer and the teas they produce. Today’s Tea region is Kumamoto, which is…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 1 | Kagoshima
Japanese tea is facing many challenges; younger people are moving to coffee, consumption is going down, tea is changing shape and being consumed mostly from bottles rather than being prepared in the traditional way with teaware like the Kyusu. Tea production has fallen 30% in the last 15 years – younger people don’t want to…
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Stateside Steeps | Adagio Masters – Tai Ping Hou Kui | Review
Hey there Teacups! I’m back today with a new Stateside Steeps post and this time around I’m going to be reviewing Master’s Teas – Tai Ping Hou Kui. If you read my blog throughout most of 2020 you’ll know that Masters Teas featured quite frequently on my blog and that each time I tried one…
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Matcha Monday Masterclasses | How Is Matcha Produced?
Hey there Teacups…Happy Matcha Monday! Before I get into todays Matcha Monday Masterclass post I just want to take a moment to thank you all for being so understand over on Instagram when it come to me taking a little bit of a posting break throughout the later end of last week, I really needed…