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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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Garden Glimpses – Kiroku Tea Garden
Kiroku Tea Garden is a fourth generation tea garden in Wazuka Japan, an area whose mountain tea fields & undulating terraced slopes thick with fog make perfect tea-growing conditions. It was founded nearly 100 years ago, before farming machines became available & their grandfather cleared their fields completely by hand. Today they are owned entirely…
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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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Ayumi Farms – Handpicked (Ultra Micro Lot) Shizuoka Sencha – Review & Art Pairing
It may be autumn now, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop drinking green tea altogether, especially when they are as delicious as this Ayumi Farms, Handpicked (Ultra Micro Lot) Shizuoka Sencha is. The leaves are a jewel toned green and slightly glossy in texture, and have an aroma that is fantastically complex with…
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Ippodo’s Ippoen Gyokuro: A Symphony in Gold and Green
If you have read any of my posts featuring teas from Ippodo, you’ll know that I have been completely & utterly blow away by all of the Ippodo teas I have tried so far. I am always excited to try more of them because I know I am in for such a fantastic experience. Today…
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