Tea tasting: Kaneroku Matsumoto-en’s Whiskey Oak smoked black tea

This tea is one of my interesting haul at the World Ocha Festival in Shizuoka earlier this month. On the day of purchase, I noticed that the producer Kaneroku Matsumoto-en's booth at the tea trade fair was buzzing with people, so I squeezed my way through to see what the crowd-puller was. There was a …

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Renegade teas from 2018

A brief post. Somebody suddenly brought up the topic as to why I did not do tea tasting posts on all the Renegade teas I received a year ago, other than Almost Oolong and Smooth Jazz black tea. The person specifically recalled that I had received many in a box. Well, it was not because I have forgotten …

Tea tasting: Koganemidori sencha

Koganemidori (literally, golden green) is a rare tea from Shizuoka prefecture that I have wanted to try for a long time after I first saw photos of its tea fields posted by the Swedish Nihoncha Instructor Brekell-san on social media. The farm is located in Morokozawa, a remote mountainous part of Shizuoka City. What makes …

World Green Tea Conference 2019 – Recap

The one-day World Green Tea Conference / 世界緑茶会議 2019 took place last Friday at the 7th World Ocha Festival event in Shizuoka, central Japan. It was organised by the 7th Ocha Festival Executive Committee and the World Green Tea Association, and aimed at gathering tea industry leaders, distributors and other experts who are active around the …

World Ocha Festival 2019 – Recap

I have just gotten back from Shizuoka, Japan where I attended the triennial World Ocha Festival (世界お茶まつり２０１９) last week. This is just a recap of what I've seen and experienced during the four-day event. The venue of the festival was the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Centre, or as they called it "Granship", conveniently located right …