Power of matcha: the powdered Japanese green tea used in tea ceremony
Matcha is the essence of tea. The power of matcha, the stone mill ground fine Japanese green tea, is in its wholeness. Unless you eat the tea leaves after steeping […]
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Trendy Manhattan tea scene: boba, matcha et al. in New York
Alongside the increasing marketing power of the Far East, patience has been brewing on the tea neglected New York scene. The trendy Manhattan tea shops now offer enough quality and Instagram […]
Ippodo: once tea for Japanese emperors today caters from Kyoto to modern New York
Ippodo is one of the oldest and most known tea brands in Japan. Their expanding tea houses specialise in Japanese green tea grown around Kyoto. Various grades of matcha, gyokuro, sencha […]
Chanoyu Japanese tea ceremony performed by a tea master in Monaco
The precise and thoughtful movements of a Japanese hostess or a tea master when performing traditional tea ceremony, known in Japan as Chanoyu, have highly spiritual as well as psychological value […]
Contemporary, lively and diverse tea rooms in London
In my recent Top tea shops in London list I included my trusted, re-tasted best tea boutiques in the British capital. Still, there are some other good, diverse tea shops […]
CLOSED American Tea Room: talking and sipping tea in coastal California
The American Tea Room was a shining diamond sparkling just off the Pacific coast. After closing its first branch in Beverly Hills, the other two – Downtown Los Angeles and […]
Samovar Tea & lounge: grounding through connection with tea in San Francisco
Samovar Tea & lounge in San Francisco facilitates your connection with the present moment. The “unvirtual” reality of your mind connected to yourself is a different lifestyle from the perpetually […]
Jugetsudo: seaweed and tea transplanting Japanese health from Tokyo to Paris
Jugetsudo was founded by the Maruyama family, that has been originally sourcing best seaweed in Japan since late 19th century. Its location at the famous Tsukiji Chuo-ku fish market in Tokyo, did […]
Millennial tea trends
Like fashion, food and wine, tea is also submissive to by consumers driven trends. Although certain traditional popular tea styles such as the milky black Hong Kong tea, Chinese and […]
Best Japanese tea rooms in Tokyo
Serious tea lovers but also occasional tea-to-tellers may find handy my concise guide to Tokyo’s most noteworthy tea rooms and shops…