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ANNOUNCEMENT: SUMMER HOLIDAY CLOSURE & SHIPPING INFORMATION
The Tea Crane Announces Summer Holiday Closure and Shipping Schedule from July 15 till September 15, 2024. Press Release.
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Press release
PRESS RELEASE: CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR THE TEA CRANE FLAGSHIP STORE.
In anticipation of the opening of The Tea Crane's flagship store in Kyoto, the company announces its crowd funding campaign to launch the business. The ...
Japanese tea
TEA GROWING FROM THE ROOTS UP
The roots of the tea bush grow towards gravity. The bushes that grow on a horizontal surface first penetrate the shallow top layer of soft ...
Japanese tea
EFFECTS OF FERTILIZATION ON TEA
When the tea bush absorbs nitrogen from the soil as nutrition for its growth, it transforms the substance into amino acids. These amino acids are ...
Japanese tea
TEA FARMING METHODS AND ADMINISTRATION
re are three main tea farming methods that determine how the tea is grown and processed. Each specific method has a tremendous effect on the ...
Japanese tea
QUALITIES OF THE SOIL OF A TEA GARDEN
Mountains are creations of nature that have taken millions of years to reach their current grandeur. Mountains are formed of layers of soil that can ...
Japanese tea
EFFECTS OF TERROIR ON THE QUALITY OF TEA
In similarity to wine grapes, tea bushes too are sensitive to the circumstances, the terroir of their surroundings. Weather conditions, altitude, the farms direct surroundings, ...
Press release
‘THE STORY OF JAPANESE TEA’ ー NEW BOOK PRESS RELEASE
While Japanese green tea and matcha are rapidly gaining in popularity, the information available about the product in English is still scarce. As a long ...
Japanese tea
TEA PICKING METHODS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
Mechanized harvesting methods require an even surface and regular pruning in order for the harvesting equipment to be effective. Just before spring, before the first ...
Japanese tea
INTRODUCTION TO TEA HARVEST EQUIPMENT
The original image of a traditional tea farm is long gone. Only a handful of places either maintain a small area of a truly traditional ...
Case studies
[CASE STUDY] GROWING A NEW CULTIVAR TEA GARDEN FROM SEED
The majority of tea gardens in Japan are cultivated from registered cultivar species. While cultivars became available to farmers during the 1960’s, most producers only ...
