I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the National Hand Rolling Competition held in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the Wazuka Hand Rolling Preservation Society participated with two teams. The competition is an opportunity to showcase the hand rolling skills and connect with others farmers who share the same passion.
You can read about my experience in the blog.
https://www.teanursery.com/2024-national-hand-rolling-competition-experience/
Article from our last visit to Wuzhou for Liubao.
https://www.pageoftea.com/liu-bao-tea-sourcing
#teablog #tea #liubao #teasourcing #teatrip
New cultivar post, this time a black tea one from the initial registration in October of 1953. This time there was some information available although it’s such an old cultivar that some of the usual comparisons with Yabukita are not there.
On top of that the registered ones for black tea sort of fell out of fashion once the black tea production failed to took off.
https://www.teanursery.com/akane/
#akane #tea #japanesetea #cultivars #blacktea #teablog #日本茶 #和紅茶 #あかね #品種
After many months reading about it and a couple of breaks in between here is the next cultivar post, finally! There is much more I wanted to share so there is going to be a second part at some point. In the meantime enjoy learning about one of the most commonly seen cultivars out there. There will be a link in the account profile to the full article.
https://www.teanursery.com/okumidori/
#cultivar #japanesetea #okumidori #おくみどり #日本茶 #やぶきた #静在16号 #teablog
January newsletter is out, a one with a few tea book recommendations. January has been a mix of low activity in the fields and high activity learning and doing done more creative and educational projects at the office.
I finally published a post on the Awabancha festival from last year and the next cultivars post is coming up next!
#japanesetea #newsletter #tea #teablog #日本茶
Shikoku is one of my favourite places in Japan and this trip to Kamikatsu in the Tokushima prefecture make it even better than before. Kamikatsu is a beautiful village in the mountains of Shikoku. You you ever need a break from the concrete jungles of the big cities this is a great spot to explore.
The tea tradition of the area, Awabancha will surely surprise you.
https://www.teanursery.com/kamikatsu-awabancha-festival/
#japanesetea #awabancha #tokushima #kamikatsu #阿波晩茶 #上勝 #徳島県 #日本茶 #tea #teablog
Shikoku is one of my favourite places in Japan and this trip to Kamikatsu in the Tokushima prefecture make it even better than before. Kamikatsu is a beautiful village in the mountains of Shikoku. You you ever need a break from the concrete jungles of the big cities this is a great spot to explore.
The tea tradition of the area, Awabancha will surely surprise you.
https://www.teanursery.com/kamikatsu-awabancha-festival/
#japanesetea #awabancha #tokushima #kamikatsu #阿波晩茶 #上勝 #徳島県 #日本茶 #tea #teablog
Being back in Japan means more opportunities to participate in certain tea events. This month I was able to assist to a moon viewing Sencha ceremony gathering at Manpuku-ji.
PS: the blog turns 1 year old on the 29th! 🥳 thank you for everyone that reads this blog and shares it with fresh and family! Thank you ☺️
https://www.teanursery.com/moon-viewing-sencha-ceremony-2023/
#tea #senchado #japanesetea #teaceremony #日本茶 #煎茶道 #萬福寺 #宇治 #uji #teablogger #teablog
July newsletter is out now. You can read about part of the trip to Japan and other exciting things coming up.
Lots of little things working in the background for articles and other content. I am having a lot of fun preparing those.
You can get it every month by subscribing to our newsletter or in the blog.
https://www.teanursery.com/2023-july-round-up/
#newsletter #tea #japanesetea #teanursery #teablogger #teablog
I am in Japan participating in the GJTA Master Course. In this post I am just sharing the initial moments of the arrival to Wazuka.
I will keep writing some posts during my stay in Japan if time allows it. Enjoy this small first impression of the village for now.
#wazuka #japanesetea #gjta #日本茶 #和束 #teatravel #teablog #teablogger #kyotoprefecture #京都県 #japaneseteamastercourse
Just in time before my trip to Japan, the note post about the Kyoto Prefecture is online! I hope to learn many new things to write the second update of the note. For this time I wrote some notes I could find on general knowledge of the region and some of its most known producing areas. And added some important locations instead of historical events (need more time for those).
http://www.teanursery.com/kyoto-prefecture/
#japanesetea #kyoto #uji #wazuka #tearegions #日本茶 #京都 #茶 #ブログ #teablog
The review of the book: The Old Tea Seller is now on the blog. I read this book a few months ago and really wanted to read again some passages before writing about it. The book presents two different parts one with the biography of perhaps my favourite tea historical figure, Baisao.
It is a great insight both in some developments of tea but also of the cultural and societal changes that generated.
https://tinyurl.com/Teanursery
#bookreview #teabook #teablogger #teablog #japanesetea #sencha
March is been a good month for the blog overall. We have a logotype now! Also managed to finish the amount of information I wanted to write about Kamairicha.
On other topics I enjoyed several events and 2 great books about tea. You can read a more detailed (and long) round up of this month on the blog.
