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WEEDY WILD TEA GARDENS – INTERVIEW WITH TOKUYA YAMAZAKI

Leave a Comment / Case studies, Japanese tea / By Tyas Sōsen

Tokuya’s approach to tea farming is not at all a conventional one. While he faces a lot of criticism from other farmers, he aims to stay true to his own beliefs which involve exclusively natural methods. These do not employ any pesticides or fertilizer at all. In my latest meeting with Tokuya I was able to discover more about his philosophy. In this article I present a summary of the main points of focus that he observes when cultivating his 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 final appeal of the tea. Conventional (industrial) farming, organic farming and natural farming.

CHART AND DEFINITION OF JAPANESE TEA TYPES

1 Comment / Japanese tea, Tea Uni / By Tyas Sōsen

Japanese tea is often described as ‘green tea’ and limited to the major brands of tea that are fashioned in Japan. These include sencha, kabusecha, gyokuro, matcha, bancha, etc. While it is indeed unique to Japan’s tea manufacturing to steam the freshly picked tea leaf as the first stage of processing of green tea, I …

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HOW POSITIVE ENERGY IN TEA BRINGS US MORE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS

Leave a Comment / Japanese tea, Motivation / By Tyas Sōsen

At The Tea Crane we not only select the best Japanese artisan teas. Our ultimate goal is to support those artisan manufacturers that are struggling to keep producing a pure product. That is because we choose the positive energy of a more spiritual tea over a superficial, artificially induced lushness of flavor. Manufacturers of organic …

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WHY IS IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND HIGH-GRADE ORGANIC MATCHA AS OPPOSED TO ORGANIC LEAF TEA?

2 Comments / Japanese tea / By Tyas Sōsen

While there is a good variety of organically well-produced delicious green, oolong and black teas out there, it doesn’t cease to surprise me how very few actually delicious organic matcha teas are available on the market. The majority is what I would call no more than simply pulverised green tea as its taste is plain …

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WEEDY WILD TEA GARDENS – INTERVIEW WITH TOKUYA YAMAZAKI

TEA FARMING METHODS AND ADMINISTRATION

CHART AND DEFINITION OF JAPANESE TEA TYPES

HOW POSITIVE ENERGY IN TEA BRINGS US MORE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS

WHY IS IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND HIGH-GRADE ORGANIC MATCHA AS OPPOSED TO ORGANIC LEAF TEA?

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