94%… A Tale of Three Houjichas 10 Jun 201710 Jun 2017 In honor of #NationalIcedTeaDay I thought I would make a post dedicated to the topic. A few years ago I spent an entire Summer/Fall reviewing Iced teas for this…
A2 Local… Kokeicha ~ By The Pound 30 Apr 20176 May 2017 This blog post brought to you by Sleep Deprivation. You have been warned. This marks my first visit to By The Pound in their new location! I didn't…
94%… Shincha Tamagawa ~ Kilogram Tea 27 Sep 201627 Sep 2016 After the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdown there were apparently isolated cases where Shizuoka tea from the Honyama region were found to be contaminated with radiation above the legal limit. I…
93%… Oi Ocha with Wakame Wakakuki ~ Itoen 27 Aug 201625 Sep 2016 Probably the most common Japanese bottled Green tea in the West is Itoen's Oi Ocha. Their distribution is easily the most robust in the States, and their sister product Tea's…
92%… Japan Bancha ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Japan Bancha is a classic Green tea not unlike sencha in many respects. Although Bancha is the same cultivar as sencha, it is harvested after the monsoons (between summer and…
Green… Shizuoka Sencha 4 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 To contrast the nearly-indistinguishable-from-real-sencha I recently reviewed, today I thought I'd touch on the qualities of an authentic sencha. Takaokaya isn't a brand I've spent much money on, even during…
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