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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. It is no secret by now that green tea is a powerful source of health benefits. Green tea has been researched for its ability to treat and prevent cancer and other major diseases, but the more common reason for the popularity of green tea is the antioxidants contained… [...Read More] Matcha is finely ground, powdered green tea leaf, which has been drunk in Japan for over 1,000 years. Matcha plays a key role in the calming, zen-like Japanese Tea Ceremony, called chanoyu. But more and more people today are [...Read More] There are many benefits to drinking green tea, including its wonderful antioxidants and catechins which are said to be helpful for many things from weight loss to the prevention of cancer. In fact, most people are aware of the health benefits of drinking green tea. However, did you know [...Read More] China is both the birthplace of tea and the birthplace of green tea. Although Japan has become one of the world’s most famous green tea producers, the country originally received its tea-producing skills from China. Like Japanese green tea, [...Read More] Tea is the new wine!….sorta. The art of pairing tea with foods is very similar to pairing foods with wine. Typically, white whine is usually served with white meat, and red wine is of course served alongside red meat. Pairing tea with food, just as in pairing wine with food, is all about providing a [...] Increasingly more often in recent years, we’ve begun to see an incredible amount of media attention given to green tea. It seems as if just about anyone can be found ranting and raving about green tea, touting its so called miracle cure abilities, suggesting that everyone should drink gallons of green tea every day for [...] Japan produces an almost innumerable number of green teas, but I would simply like to briefly discuss just three of the most popular varieties of Japanese Green Tea, and how to best brew them. Sencha is more or less the standard Japanese green tea. [...Read More] Genmaicha is another of the more popular varieties of Japanese Green Tea. More or less, Genmaicha is typically a type of Sencha with an added addition of puffed brown rice. The addition of rice in Genmaicha predictably gives this peculiar green tea an extremely smooth and earthy quality. [...Read More] Of the three most popular varieties of Japanese Green Tea, Gyokuro is by far the most delicate of all. Traditionally grown under shade, the tea leaves that make up Gyokuro are noticeably very green in color. The taste of a traditional Gyokuro tea can most often be described as being a very vegetal and extremely [...] |
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