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April 2023 – Genmai Bōcha from Kaga

Genmai Kaga Bōcha

April 2023 – Genmai Bōcha from Kaga

This month we selected a Genmai Bōcha (玄米棒茶) of Kaga (加賀), in the prefecture of Ishikawa (石川). Photo from the producer, Kanbayashi Kanazawa Chaho. Genmai Bōcha Last month we introduced a Sencha from Kyoto made exclusively from steamed twigs, called “Karigane” (雁ヶ音). This month we selected a Genmai Bōcha (玄米棒茶)

October 2021 - Kaga Bōcha from Kanazawa

October 2021 - Kaga Bōcha from Kanazawa

This month, we selected a Kaga Bōcha (加賀棒茶) from the historical city of Kanazawa (金沢市), in the Ishikawa prefecture (石川県). Kanazawa train station by 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0 Kaga Bōcha We already sent a Kaga Bōcha few years ago, in November 2015. Bōcha (棒茶) is a roasted green tea,

October 2017 - Genmaicha from Kaga

October 2017 - Genmaicha from Kaga

We selected a Genmaicha (玄米茶) from Kaga (加賀), in the prefecture of Ishikawa (石川). Genmaicha We can say of Genmaicha (玄米茶) that it's the first flavoured green tea thanks to the addition of brown rice, or "genmai" (玄米) in Japanese. We didn’t add anything to green tea until the

August 2016 - Mugicha from Kaga

August 2016 - Mugicha from Kaga

Heat has finally arrived in Japan, so for this shipment we naturally decided on a Mugicha (麦茶) from Kaga (加賀), in the prefecture of Ishikawa (石川). Mugicha It's not exaggerated to say that Japanese people drink nearly exclusively iced Mugicha at home during summer. And so do I: I prepare