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Launching Obukucha (Good Fortune Tea)

Launching Obukucha (Good Fortune Tea)

We have jus launched New Year Special Obuku Cha (Good Fortune Tea) collection from Ippodo and Marukyu Koyamaen Kyoto. This is part of a tradition from Kyoto that goes back...

Launching Obukucha (Good Fortune Tea)

We have jus launched New Year Special Obuku Cha (Good Fortune Tea) collection from Ippodo and Marukyu Koyamaen Kyoto. This is part of a tradition from Kyoto that goes back...

Keiko Uchida Organic Matcha

Keiko Uchida Organic Matcha

We are pleased to announce that we are launching our very first own branded Keiko Uchida organic teas. On my travels I have been able to visit a great many...

Keiko Uchida Organic Matcha

We are pleased to announce that we are launching our very first own branded Keiko Uchida organic teas. On my travels I have been able to visit a great many...

Japanese Tea Caddy

Japanese Tea Caddy

Belated Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a peaceful and wonderful Christmas and New Year. Sadly, we have had a tragic earthquake and air plane accident in...

Japanese Tea Caddy

Belated Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a peaceful and wonderful Christmas and New Year. Sadly, we have had a tragic earthquake and air plane accident in...

Toji (Winter Solstice)

Toji (Winter Solstice)

This year’s winter solstice is on 22nd December. So it is pretty much the darkest time of the year right now. I know I will begin to feel so much...

Toji (Winter Solstice)

This year’s winter solstice is on 22nd December. So it is pretty much the darkest time of the year right now. I know I will begin to feel so much...

Real matcha tea or green tea powder?

Real matcha tea or green tea powder?

As you might know, I recently went to Japan, travelling right across the country to visit tea makers, and artists working in ceramics, lacquer and wood. Now I am back...

Real matcha tea or green tea powder?

As you might know, I recently went to Japan, travelling right across the country to visit tea makers, and artists working in ceramics, lacquer and wood. Now I am back...

Japanese tea ceremony in Saudi Arabia

Matcha tea and diversity

At the end of September I was in Saudi Arabia to help celebrate United Nations World Tourism Day. This year it was the turn of Riyadh to host the UN’s...

Matcha tea and diversity

At the end of September I was in Saudi Arabia to help celebrate United Nations World Tourism Day. This year it was the turn of Riyadh to host the UN’s...