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Ludovitche ; the first tea you post says 小青柑 Xiǎo qīng gān , which means « little green tangerine ». I can’t read all the characters because of the quality of your picture, maybe you can post a better one. I’ve tried some of these citrus tea from Yunnan Sourcing but I don’t think it was high end qu...

Manten matcha drum Uji Tsuen tea shop (bought on O-cha). Very rich with just the right bitterness. Delicious.

Today’s comforting matcha to help with the cold and rainy day atmosphere.

Lost & Found i had lost a bag of TdJ sencha from yame hoshino (2018 yame oku-hikari cultivar) and forgot all about it. i just found it in an old backpack. the bag has already been opened, but it's pretty much full. oops. since i can't remember what it used to be like, i'll just enjoy it for what it...

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The best is to use a design/style only one time, but if there is a reason to repeat a pattern then the best is to use it three times. I don’t know if there is another meaning than the simple aesthetic reason ruling for example the unpair number of flowers in a bouquet with few flowers? In Europe the...

Autumn is in session. That's a beautiful chawan. Could you provide more information, and why you chose that specific one, over a different seasonal chawan? It was for the practice of a special temae made on a table for a demonstration, it’s called Miso no dana . We practiced with several guests and...

« Genuine » is difficult to use for a style like Hagi. Hagi is a denomination for a style in Japanese ceramics but at first it was used for pieces made in Hagi town (which show some similar characteristics). I would say that this piece looks like a Hagi style piece even if it could be made in other ...

I’m not a specialist about this subject, but my feeling is that, as said Shine Magical, some type of yeast can be found everywhere. As sheng pu’er can age and change over time, I would think yeast is part of the process but in a limited amount if the storage is rather dry. So if I wanted to limit (a...

Yes I agree, it would be a shame to loose these information.

Balthazar , you can find the comments Florent from Thes du Japon made on his blog about this tea, it’s in French but you can still find some informations there if you want: http://sommelier-the-japonais.blogspot.com/2018/02/sencha-du-village-de-yabe-yame-cultivar.html?m=1 And if you want additional...

My way of temperature estimation is a combination of what have already been said here. I know when the water is pre-boiling with the sound (crab-eyes bubbles) then I set the kettle heater on low heat in order to maintain it juste boiling in the case I use it straight away for teas that need boiling ...

Just wondering. Anybody here tried Chinese matcha? impressions? I did indeed. I also tried some Korean organic matcha. The Korean was bought in a supermarket and their organic reference brand which is from Germany had a newly arrived matcha from Korea. It was simply bitter. Nothing else. I reckon i...