This month we travel to the village of Hoshino (星野村), tucked in the mountains of Yame (八女) on the island of Kyūshū (九州), for a Karigane (雁ヶ音) brought to us by Tsuji Baikōen (辻梅香園). A Stem Tea from Yame Karigane is a stem tea, made from the slender stalks and