1. Production areas of Tetsubin iron tea kettles in Japan There are a lot of types for Tetsubin cast iron tea kettles (pots). Nanbu Tetsubin iron tea kettles in Iwate is famous but Kansai area (Kyoto/Osaka/Shiga), Tohoku area (Yamagata/Iwate) and Hokuriku area (Toyama) and so on, their designs and manufacturing method would be all different. In Iwate prefecture, [...]
The chance to enter the tea's world was I joined the Sado Matcha Tea Ceremony Club (Urasenke) of my university when I was 18 years-old. *I got omenjo (permission) of Urasenke at the university. I thought that Sado is fun as well as teas, after I graduated my university, I [...]
I (Tea Selector: Mr. Taro Ishihara) have lived in Brighton, UK. As they have the hard water (soft water in Japan) so their milk tea was very tasty. I seldom drink milk tea in Japan, but it's a different story if I am outside of Japan. For Japanese tea, I bet Japanese people think it's good for soft [...]
We often get inquiries from our customers, but please understand that ‘a best before date for matcha is short’. (compare to other teas) Almost all of the products are good for 3-4 months even in Japan. *If it is the genuine matcha product. Matcha, the high-end tea, contains more water than the other tea leaf due to its [...]