2014-12-30

Assam tea

Assam tea, Dibrugarh, India
I got a souvenir tea from Okamoto

Okamoto said
 The local people buy it for Chai
At the shop, hundreds cups Chai are sold per day
Assam tea is necessity, because it can be cheaply mass supply
He saw that a woman buy 20kg of tea leaves
 
I felt the taste of tea came front as boiled with milk
While I felt flat as brewed straight at the end of year tea party



Thanks Okamoto !!

2014-12-29

Pan fried tea by Shibamoto

 
 Kabosu marmalade with pan fried tea
Kabosu is citrus fruit
Marmalade was so sour that it matched well with tea

Shibamoto work in welfare facility, because farming is hard regarding money
But, I think that it is good a tea master has the other work

The marmalade was made by there
Thank you !!

2014-12-28

Dried sweet potato

 The other day, I joined to make dried sweet potatoes
At Akiyama tea estate, Fuji, Shizuoka
The first, sweet potatoes were steamed for 4hours

Steamed potatoes !!

 Potatoes were peeled
It was hard to peel because potatoes were very bumpy
Grandma said that it like Gaudi's architecture

 Granpa said I am brain surgeon

 And these potatoes were dried under the sun by granddaughters

Now, napa cabbages and radishes were dried

Okumidori, sencha tea, hand picking
made by Mr.Akiyama

 
Thank you Akiyama family !!

2014-12-25

Pu'er tea


  Sorry, I brewed pu'er tea with Andrzej's shiboridashi as a gaiwan
The soil of the tea wear was rough
Then, I felt that it may match well high temperature
than low temperature like sencha tea
Pu'er tea became milld even though I felt bitter with a gaiwan

Tea leaves were 中茶牌3917沱茶93,pu'er 3917 tuo cha 93

2014-12-23

Shiboridashi from Poland

I think what do I brewed tea with Andrzej 's tea wear
Sencha, Oolong, black tea or pu'er

2014-12-22

Shiboridashi from Poland

 
I received the tea wear ,Shiboridashi
made by Andrzej Bero
from Poland

I brewed sencha tea
made from Umegashima, Shizuoka
The color of tea wear matched well with tea leaves
Thanks for Tochiku and Andrzej

2014-12-21

Pu' er tea party

版納古樹熟餅2010
from Bada Mt. old trees at 2010

This post fermented pu'er tea were all made by hand
Also Rolling !!
 Making post fermented tea leaves needs a large mount of tea leaves
in order to fermentation
Because I gave up a little bit of tea leaves at Shibamoto,
 I can not image hand rolling 120kg/day fresh leaves

It was advantage of hand rolling that tea leaves had elasticity
So, tea leaves were aerobic fermentation


  We had pu'er tea party of puer-cha.com
and invited Fujimoto
Thanks for all

2014-12-20

New blog

This blog can not view in China
Then, I am going to write new Japanese blog in parallel
New blog " BUT TEA "is also regards

2014-12-19

2014-12-16

Pu' er black tea

漫撒生態紅餅2014
Man Sa black tea 2014

Brewing black tea need amount of heat
A tea wear is good a tea pot than a gaiwan
It is good that the tea pot made of soil
Soil has heat
Hot water is poured full of the tea pot

 The other day, I joined pu'er tea party by puer-cha.com
The first tea was pu'er black tea
As described above, I was teached
Now, I am practicing 
Thank you  Mr.Fujimoto

2014-12-15

Geminids with Rock tea

Last night, I went to Kawane, Shizuoka
to watch Geminids
with ShuiShein Rock Tea and dried persimmons
Geminids streamed soft and slow like snow
A cup of hot rock tea well
Thank you, Mr.Shibamoto

2014-12-11

Pu'er tea

弯弓古樹青餅2014
I want to know the state of tea leaves
Whether the fermentation of the tea leaves were well or bad
Whether the fixtation were sufficient
And, What are the tea master thinking?
I want to know these questions from tea leaves

I have received the impression from tea leaves
For example, recently, from white tea leaves made by Mr.Shibamoto
But, I can not explane my impression
And my impression does not equal to goodness of tea leaves
I luck mind and times to watch the tea leaves

Mr.Fujimoto face to tea leaves
I want to know how to watch or feel the tea
But, I do not know Xishuangbanna
While, I think that the drainage water from tea leaves is common sencha and pu'er tea,e.g. 

2014-12-10

Pu' er tea

那カ古樹青餅2014
 I am going to pu' er tea party of puer-cha.com
In this year, I joined some making tea leaves
But, I can not distinguish whether good or bad tea leaves
I can not understand that tea stuck in the throat
I can not feel that tea scratch in the throat
I sometimes feel good tea leaves, while another times I feel bad the tea leaves
When I made the tea, I can not answer whether the tea is good or bad
Next tea season, I am going to join making tea more and more
Until next season, I want to study how to watch tea leaves
Then I am going to pu'er tea party by Mr.Fujimoto

I feel that this tea leaves were very good
The scent was special
I can only say that the scent can not arise from Japanese tea leaves
But I can not explane the reason
I have little words for tea

2014-12-08

White tea leaves

White tea leaves made by Mr.Shibamoto
The leaves are so beautiful, I can not brew tea
Now, I can only see the leaves
Thanks for Mr.Shibamoto

2014-11-29

An apple pie with tea

My son baked apple pies
So, I brewed Wakocha, Japanese black tea,
named Kahori 2nd by Mr.Masui
The tea matched with apple
Thank you !!

2014-11-28

Matcha with Katsura tree


Leaves of Katsura tree fell
These withered leaves smelled very sweet !!
but living leaves does not smell

2014-11-24

Tea trip

I went to pick tea leaves at the foot of Mt.Fuji with Mr.Shibamoto
This tea was the pan fried tea by him

So, tea leaves used for White tea
Today's Mt.Fuji was cloud covered

  At Akiyama tea estate, some vegetables were cultivated

The Taros were specialty !!

Taros were pealed with this machine

I had vegetables with Tonjiru, miso soup
Thank you for all

2014-11-23

Pu'er black tea

Today, I brewed strong
And very good (^^)
Pu' er blask tea by pu-er.com

2014-11-17

Wakocha, Yamagiri

Wakocha, Yamegiri
mede by Mr.Sano
from Umegashima, Shizuoka

Sencha tea

 
A cup of Kuki-tea, Sencha tea which is used stems of tea trees
by Mr.Saito from Nishimata, Shizuoka

2014-11-16

Sencha tea

It's Autumn
A cup of sencha tea by Mr.Saitoi from Nishimata, Shizuoka

2014-11-15

Sencha

Sencha tea by Mr.Saito from Nishimata, Shizuoka
This tea leaves were consisted of stems
Mr.Saito keeps the soil that does not put nitrogen
Though I felt Umami tste

2014-11-12

Pu' er black tea

Pu' er black tea from Mt. Mansa, 漫撒山
by puer-cha .com
The scene remained after drinking

2014-11-10

Tori no Ichi

 "Tori no ichi" is an open-market fair held at Hanazono-jinja Shrine, Shinjuku, Tokyo
around the country on the Days of the Cock in November every year

 On the days of 'Tori no ichi,' stalls selling 'Engi-kumade' decorated with lucky charms that bring in good fortune such as okame

 I got the sweets, Kiri-Sanshou, 切り山椒 that like soft rice cakes
I had it with Pu'er tea from 弯弓, Wangong

Thank you

2014-11-09

Wakocha

Wakocha, Japanese black tea with Emuni
From upper left
Kuma tea estate, Benifuki
Mr.Kajiwara, Benifuki
Kureha, Benikanbai
Kureha, Kitsuki
Kureha, Minamisatsuma
Mr.Shibamoto, Benifuki
Kureha, Sayaka from Kitsuki
Kureha, Benifuki by Mr.Iwata
Mr.Fumoto, Sayama

Thank you for all !!

Wakocha

Wakocha, Japanese black tea with Emuni, tea wear artist
The last tea is Benikanbai, flavered with apricot flowers
by Kureha
This tea was made at winter
Because apricot flowers come out December~January
I am looking foward to have next Benikanbai