Third shipment of course materials

The third (and last) shipment of the Nihoncha Instructor course materials came in a big box today. Unboxing is fun, but obviously our Malaysian Customs Dept got to it first. Duh. 😒 Items weighed approximately 5kg. Yup, pretty heavy and no wonder, 'cause of all these stuff in there. First are the usual textbook, report and …

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Tea tasting: Kurihara Sencha Seseragi

Yamecha is the name for tea cultivated in Yame region in southern Fukuoka prefecture. Fukuoka is one of the major tea production areas in Kyushu, after Kagoshima prefecture. This standard sencha (Sencha Seseragi) is produced by Kurihara Seicha, a family tea business located in Yabemura in Yame. It was also my first real Yamecha loose-leaf …