2015-10-31

green tea, Mr.Shibamoto

 I joined to make green tea of Mr.Shibamoto
at Makinohara, Shizuoka

Tea leaves were Shizu7132, 静7132
as sencha, it have the scent like sakura tree leaves

before fried tea leaves

He made pan fried tea
White steam and scent rised up, after tea leaves put the fire

and rolling
He was careful for water of stems

tea leaves fried and rolled four times





Thanks Mr.Shibamoto

2015-10-16

Umegashima, Autumn

The Autumn festival at Shirahige temple, 白鬚神社
in Nyushima, Umegashima, Shizuoka
High school students play Kagura means dance

and play flutes and drums
They were good workers






It was Autumn

2015-10-11

Oriental beauty


I joined the Chinese tea event to meet my friends
from Shizuoka, Nagoya and Poland !!
After the event, we had dinner and many teas
 Left was Si ji chun, like fruit, an apple
Right was blended tea,felt woody
from Taiwan by Mr.Watanabe
He stopped to make oolong tea in this Autumn
I think it too bad !!

2015-10-04

Sansui tea estate tea party


Sencha tea, Keizan, 径山
by Sansui tea estate, Tochizawa, Shizuoka


Tea leaves are native species


Sansui tea estate, 山水園 locate in mountain area, Shizuoka


Tea master is Mr.Kiyomi


He makes tea estate by the conventional way




Thanks Mr.Kiyomi

Mr.Suga tea trip meeting

Mr.Suga take journeys around Asia
his keyword is "tea"

I brewed his tea at the tea trip meeting
This time, Sanpin tea in Okinawa, Jasmine tea in Fuzhou,Thailand and Myanmar

 This teas are popular tea in Thailand
Left is flavor tea; below milk tea
 and right is green tea;top photo
Both teas are strong flavor and coloring

 He said that Omotenashi, hospitality was to provide what ones want
It was not necessarily a good thing
I better considering the feeding of the guest

The day's teas
from Upper left; Thailand flavor tea, red can, Thai green tea, yellow can
from lower left; based green tea of Jasmin tea, anxi guan tea and sencha of Yame
Thanks Mr.Suga

2015-09-22

Yabukita oolong

 
 Yabukita Oolong tea
by Mr.Watanabe
Tea leaves are Yabukita from Ginpei
at June
The scent came up and deep from June 

 
Additional for John B
 
This Oolong was made from Ginpei's Yabukita leaves
in Utunoya, Shizuoka
at this June

I did not pick up tea leaves
I joined making tea from wilting


 

 Thank you

2015-09-21

Umegashima

 
This summer, it was rain and cold
Umegashima is mountainous in Shizuoka
This house is located at an alutitude of about 1000m
So,  the fire was in this stove

The neighbor
This stove was made using a rebar of building


I like rain
Thank you

Umegashima sencha

Sencha tea
Tea leaves were the native species
The native meens that the yabukita trees grown by seeds
not by grafting

This spring we picked up tea leaves

and made sencha tea



I felt flower
Thank you for all

2015-09-08

Myanmar and Shikoku tea party

I caried out the tea party
Mr.Suga has traveled to Asia with the keyword "Tea"
Last year, he went to the mountainous area Maymyo, Myanmer
Myanmer tea leaves; Left column
like puer raw tea and very good
These tea were made with traditional way
Now, Black tea factory was built in these areas
I hope that the traditional teas does not decline

And we had some after fermentation teas of Shikoku, Japan
Thank you Mr.Suga

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