Tea
How to Store Japanese Green Tea (And Why the Fr...
Green tea does not age, it degrades — and the advice to keep it in the fridge is wrong more often than it is right. Here is what actually ruins...
How to Store Japanese Green Tea (And Why the Fr...
Green tea does not age, it degrades — and the advice to keep it in the fridge is wrong more often than it is right. Here is what actually ruins...
Japan's Bottled Tea Aisle, Explained
Unsweetened, sold hot in winter, and made from a harvest most tea writing ignores. Bottled green tea is what Japan actually drinks, and the aisle makes a lot more sense...
Japan's Bottled Tea Aisle, Explained
Unsweetened, sold hot in winter, and made from a harvest most tea writing ignores. Bottled green tea is what Japan actually drinks, and the aisle makes a lot more sense...
You Probably Do Not Need a Kyusu
Every guide to Japanese tea opens with a teapot. I live in Japan, I write about Japanese tea, and I do not own one. Here is what the equipment actually...
You Probably Do Not Need a Kyusu
Every guide to Japanese tea opens with a teapot. I live in Japan, I write about Japanese tea, and I do not own one. Here is what the equipment actually...
Gyokuro: Why It Costs What It Costs
Gyokuro is the most expensive tea Japan makes, and the reasons are unusually concrete: twenty days under shade, a harvest you only get once, and a yield the farm gives...
Gyokuro: Why It Costs What It Costs
Gyokuro is the most expensive tea Japan makes, and the reasons are unusually concrete: twenty days under shade, a harvest you only get once, and a yield the farm gives...
Mugicha: The Barley Tea Japan Actually Drinks A...
Open a Japanese fridge in August and the jug inside is not green tea. It is roasted barley, it contains no caffeine at all, and it has been a summer...
Mugicha: The Barley Tea Japan Actually Drinks A...
Open a Japanese fridge in August and the jug inside is not green tea. It is roasted barley, it contains no caffeine at all, and it has been a summer...
What Japanese People Actually Drink Every Day
Picture a Japanese household and you probably picture a teapot. The national statistics say otherwise — and so does my kitchen. Here is what is actually being drunk in Japan,...
What Japanese People Actually Drink Every Day
Picture a Japanese household and you probably picture a teapot. The national statistics say otherwise — and so does my kitchen. Here is what is actually being drunk in Japan,...