TEA BLOG

Matcha: Instagram trend?

Matcha was brought to Japan from China by monks. It became a traditional drink of Zen Buddhists firstly and then - a lifestyle of the whole society. So what is the phenomenon of Matcha and why shou...

Buckwheat Tea Sobacha

  Sóbacha in Japanese means "soba" - buckwheat and "cha" - tea. It is not a traditional tea, like green or black tea, but a tizan, a gluten-free and caffeine-free tea made from the seeds of Tatar ...

Japanese Tea Guideline

  Japanese tea export to the whole world contains 6% which makes this tea very rare and limited. Many brands, in order to satisfy clients' demand, started to sell look-alike Japanese tea that in r...

Umami Taste

 We often say that green tea has umami aftertaste, but what does that mean?   Umami was discovered more than 110 years ago by a scientist Dr. Kikunae Ikeda in Japan.  It was identified as the 5t...

Gyokuro: Rarest Japanese Green Tea

Gyokuro is a Superior Grade tea known for its health benefits, flavor and aroma. It is the jewel of Japan's tea collection and one of the rarest teas in the world. In Japanese it means ...

Organic Tea Production

Currently, the choice of organic products in various areas (cosmetics, food, drinks, etc.) has become a real trend. We have prepared six main factors why you should choose organic tea. 1...

Wakoucha: Japanese Black Tea

What is Wakoucha? Red tea, or black tea, as it is commonly known away from the producing countries, is called "Wako...

Japanese Tea History

Tea seeds came to Japan from China and for eight centuries became just a meditation drink for monks. They drank Matcha, a powdered green tea whose recipe and traditions are still popul...

Organic Japanese Matcha Microfarm

Our Sencha and Matcha are grown on organic microfarms surrounded by forest and sea. We harvest from Uji, Kyoto, the birthpla...

Facts about Japanese Green Tea

Green tea history started from China (Yunnan province) and nowadays lots of countries are also growing and processing it: Jap...