Written from Japan
Picked in Japan
Tea, food, and everyday things worth carrying home — found, tasted, and used here in Japan. No roundups copied from other roundups.
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Ochazuke, Tea Rice, and the Part of the Leaf Yo...
Brewing tea extracts what dissolves in water, and that is a smaller share of the leaf than most people assume — the beta-carotene reading for brewed sencha is zero. Japan...
Ochazuke, Tea Rice, and the Part of the Leaf Yo...
Brewing tea extracts what dissolves in water, and that is a smaller share of the leaf than most people assume — the beta-carotene reading for brewed sencha is zero. Japan...
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Steamed, Not Pan-Fired: Why Japanese Green Tea ...
Japanese and Chinese green tea come from the same plant, and the difference between them is decided in the first few hours after picking. Japan steams; China uses a hot...
Steamed, Not Pan-Fired: Why Japanese Green Tea ...
Japanese and Chinese green tea come from the same plant, and the difference between them is decided in the first few hours after picking. Japan steams; China uses a hot...
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Japanese Tea as a Gift: Ochugen, Oseibo, and th...
A survey commissioned by Japan's agriculture ministry says it plainly: plenty of Japanese households do not buy green tea at all, they drink what they were given. Here is who...
Japanese Tea as a Gift: Ochugen, Oseibo, and th...
A survey commissioned by Japan's agriculture ministry says it plainly: plenty of Japanese households do not buy green tea at all, they drink what they were given. Here is who...