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/

#tea #teablog #japanesetea #日本茶

New cultivar post available on the blog, this time we explore the second most grown cultivar in Japan, Yutakamidori.

https://www.teanursery.com/yutakamidori/

#tea #japanesetea #yutakamidori #日本茶　#品種　#ゆたかみどり

Yesterday I published a blogpost about the current matcha situation. It is written from my personal experience and perspective working as a tea farmer. There are many other approaches and perspectives that I am willing to listen to. Just putting my unstructured opinion out there.

https://www.teanursery.com/the-unfolding-matcha-situation/

#matcha #japanesetea #tea

This is the second year of the blog and it’s time to reflect on how the year has passed. I’d also like to look ahead and share my wishes for the upcoming season.
This past year has been both challenging personally and professionally. One of the highlights of the season was moving to Japan in September 2023 to work on a tea farm. I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll continue to be involved in tea here in Wazuka, a tea village in the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture.

https://www.teanursery.com/state-of-the-nursery-2024/

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

https://www.teanursery.com/2024-january-round-up/

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

I just published an article all about the Tsuyuhikari tea cultivar. It has been in the works for a long time and was long overdue.

It is a long article so make sure to brew yourself a cup of tea before going into it.

https://www.teanursery.com/tsuyuhikari/