By A.C. Cargill
Recently, I revisited some teas from Japan that I had tried previously and had reacted to with less than a positive and enthusiastic manner. The results were a revelation.
Part of learning and growing is re-trying something you tried years (or maybe even only months, weeks, or days) ago all over again to see [...]
By A.C. Cargill
Making sense of Sencha (a style of Japanese green tea) can be a bit tricky for many of us tea drinkers used to Indian, Ceylonian, African, and Chinese teas. Where tea is concerned, Japanese teas seem a world unto themselves.
Processing Sencha is the “secret of its success” for the most part. The first [...]
By A.C. Cargill
Proper tea steeping is generally regarded as a must for enjoying teas at their best. It’s also the way to make sure that the money you spend on these teas is stretched to their utmost value.
There is a trend these days for tea vendors to put directions for steeping their teas to get [...]
Temps are still unseasonably high, so we again made sure we tried some of this chilled as well as hot. This time, though, we only chilled it for 2 hours, not overnight. Tea cooled this way tends to be a bit cloudy, but still tastes great.
by Stephanie Harkins
Of the many different types of green teas available, Sencha Green Tea is one of the most popular, due to its good taste and affordability. Sencha, known also as Futsu mushi Sencha, is a higher grade of green tea than Bancha. It is harvested from the same tree as Bancha grade, but [...]
By Stephanie Harkins
Not many people are familiar with the different types of tea available, let alone the different grades of tea, however, I would like to introduce you to a very special Japanese tea called ‘Bancha’, or what the Japanese would call common, everyday ‘tea’.
Strangely, Bancha is a low grade of green tea. While [...]
While tea from China comes in many colors including white, green, brown (oolong) and black, all tea from Japan is green. There are three main types of green tea from Japan.
Sencha is the most common tea served as an every day drink in Japan. While there are high-quality Sencha tea leaves that are plucked [...]
