New Year Tea !! Pan fried tea

 I made pan fried tea at Sudo farm at Sagamihara, Kanagawa.
This tea trees was native in this area.
This year, these trees were damaged by frost.
Then we picked tea leaves !!

 

 

 At this area, tea trees were planted for the border thier life.

 

 

 The farmers live together nature.
This tree is mulberry.

 

 And leaf-rolling weevils.

 

 

 We picked tea leaves.

 

 Native leaves were different shapes.

 

 Tea leaves fried with the pan.

 

 Then tea leaves were rubed to out moisture.

Then tea leaves were fried and rubed again.

 

 Pan fried tea leaves !!

 

 Thank you for all.

Wakocha at Umegashima

I had a cup of tea, Yamagiri no Kaori
at Abe river, Umegashima.

Shizuoka Tea Market

I went to Shizuoka for visiting the tea market.
Now, new year sencha tea leaves were businessed.

This pics where a buyer had a tasting.

 

 

 

 A buyer wear a blue cap, a farmer was green cap and a staff of the tea market wear yellow cap.

 

 

 

 The buyer counted the price of tea leaves on the abacushas.

 

 

 

 Tea tasting is called Haiken/拝見 that mean to taste a cup of tea with respect.

 

 

 Thank you.