Tea
Japan Has Lost Four in Ten of Its Tea Factories
The number of factories that turn fresh leaf into tea fell from 5,580 to 3,594 in a decade, and the ones disappearing are the small owner-operated ones. The reason is...
Japan Has Lost Four in Ten of Its Tea Factories
The number of factories that turn fresh leaf into tea fell from 5,580 to 3,594 in a decade, and the ones disappearing are the small owner-operated ones. The reason is...
Two-Thirds of Japan's Tea Is One Cultivar
Wine taught everyone to look for the grape variety, so people arrive at Japanese tea expecting the same kind of range. Sixty-seven percent of Japan's tea acreage is planted with...
Two-Thirds of Japan's Tea Is One Cultivar
Wine taught everyone to look for the grape variety, so people arrive at Japanese tea expecting the same kind of range. Sixty-seven percent of Japan's tea acreage is planted with...
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...
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...
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...
Why Japanese Green Tea Comes Without Milk or Sugar
The usual answer is tradition, which explains nothing — black tea is traditional too. The real reason is that green tea is missing the molecules that make milk work, and...
Why Japanese Green Tea Comes Without Milk or Sugar
The usual answer is tradition, which explains nothing — black tea is traditional too. The real reason is that green tea is missing the molecules that make milk work, and...