Kimberley's Kyusu

Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka

You all know me well enough by now to know that I love doing side by side comparison tastings and using them to learn more about tea. With that in mind, when I made my last order with Yunomi I purposefully bought teas I could do comparison tasting with. I’ll be covering them all on…

KimberleysKyusu

21/07/2022

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Tasting Sessions – Tsujki: Heritage Grade Uji Hikari Matcha

Recently I was given the chance to try an incredible matcha by the team over at Yunomi and I knew from the instant I took my first sip that I was going to end up writing a long form post about my experiences with this tea. The matcha in questions is a Modern Heritage Grade…

KimberleysKyusu

12/05/2022

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Trying a Bizenya – Hand Picked Fukumidori – Sayamacha White Tea For The First Time

for me, 2022 among many other things is about trying to allow myself to have as many new tea experiences as possible, of which I have luckily already had a few in just the first two months. Today I wanted to add to that list of new tea experiences in 2022 with another tea first…

KimberleysKyusu

26/03/2022

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Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile

Hey Everyone! Today’s post is all about Hojicha which is a tea a lot of people associate with this time of the year so I thought that now was the best time to do this post and assist those of you out there who love hojicha in learning more about what goes into creating it…

KimberleysKyusu

18/01/2022

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Side By Side Matcha Comparison – Featuring Three Mystery Matchas From Happuan Souen

Recently I was asked by Happuan Souen, who is a Omotesenke instructor and Matcha Seller over on Instagram, if I would be willing to try out three mystery matchas and compare them and send my feedback to them. Two of the matchas are low-pesticide and one matcha is for the Japanese domestic market. When I…

KimberleysKyusu

06/01/2022

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Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka

Tasting Sessions – Tsujki: Heritage Grade Uji Hikari Matcha

Trying a Bizenya – Hand Picked Fukumidori – Sayamacha White Tea For The First Time

Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile

Side By Side Matcha Comparison – Featuring Three Mystery Matchas From Happuan Souen