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April 2024 – Asamushi Sencha From Above The Clouds

April 2024 – Asamushi Sencha From Above The Clouds

This Unjōcha (雲上茶) is the follow up from last month's Unjōcha: it's a Sencha (煎茶) of style Asamushi (浅蒸し) from the very same producer, located in Kitashitara (北設楽郡) in Aichi (愛知県). Photo courtesy of the producer Asamushi Sencha: The Delicate Art of Light Steaming Asamushi Sencha represents a traditional and

March 2024 – Hōjicha From Above The Clouds

March 2024 – Hōjicha From Above The Clouds

We are starting a set of two Unjōchas (雲上茶) from the same producer, located in Kitashitara (北設楽郡) in Aichi (愛知県). The first one is a Hōjicha (ほうじ茶) or roasted green tea. Photo courtesy of the producer. Tea above the clouds "Unjōcha" (雲上茶), directly translating to "cloud-top tea" or "tea above

August 2023 – Wakōcha from Shinshiro, in Aichi

August 2023 – Wakōcha from Shinshiro, in Aichi

This month we selected a Japanese black tea, called Wakōcha (和紅茶) in Japanese, of Shinshiro City (新城) in the prefecture of Aichi (愛知). Photograph courtesy of Suzuki Seicha Wakōcha – Black Tea Wakōcha has been on the rise in Japan in recent years. Japanese tea producers who until recently only produced

January 2023 – Sencha from Shinshiro, in the prefecture of Aichi

January 2023 – Sencha from Shinshiro, in the prefecture of Aichi

We wish you all a happy New Year 2023! After a long pause of nearly one year, we are at last able to resume tea shipments! The objective for this year is to send a full selection of twelve amazing teas… To start the year, we selected an organic Sencha

August 2018 – Hōjicha from Aichi

August 2018 – Hōjicha from Aichi

This month we selected a Hōjicha (ほうじ茶) from Shinshiro (新城), in the prefecture of Aichi (愛知). Hōjicha The prefecture of Aichi is the belly button of the Japanese archipelago. This prefecture is not far from the regions where we produce a lot of green tea, such as Shizuoka (No.1)