Sencha

I congratulated new year with Geisgun-cha/迎春茶.

This tea is made by Uogashi meicha/うおがし銘茶 at Tukiji,Tokyo.

The taste is sweeter than Shan/しゃん.

Sencha

Have a happy new year 2012

I hope you will have a great year

I celebrate new year with Daifuku cha/大福茶.

This sencha called Mine/峰 and made from Shibakiri tea farm/しばきり園 at Shizuoka.

Two teaspoons of tea leaves were brewed by 30ml water at 40°C ,1min.

The taste clear and sweet.

Great East Japan Earthquake

On 11 March 2011at 14:46 ,the 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake occurred
 at East Japan.

At the time,I worked in the pharmacy at Shinjuku,Tokyo.

All the drugs fell from the shelfs.

I am pharmacist.

So,I went to support the medical treatment to Kesennuma/気仙沼 ,Miyagi/宮城.

This was temporary clinic's pharmacy at Oshima ,Kesennuma.

This drug was warfarin that was suffered the tsunami.

Tunami carried to land the big ships.

Oil tanks were washed away by the tsunami, the sea was on fire.

Tsunami, all flows.

At Shishiori/鹿折 in Kesennuma ,fire occurred.

Lily bells in devastated land.

 I pray for the reconstruct Tohoku.



Bancha tea

I like bancha/番茶.

Bancha is made from tee branches and big leaves in autumn.

I bought this tea by Wise wise at Roppongi.

The tea is made by Kondou Michie/近藤美知絵.

Bancha is daily use.

Radiation contamination of tea

On March 11, 2011, large parts of the city were destroyed by the tsunami which followed the Tōhoku earthquake.
On March 15,Fukushima  Dai-ichi nuclear power plant exploded and radiation diffuse.
In Shizuoka,radiation were  detected from tea leaves.
Many tea farms disposed thier tea leaves.

Japanese Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare announced the new criteria of radiation of tea,on Dec 22.2011.
The following 10Bq / 1000 cc as drinking.
But, the method for brewing tea is not shown.
This is less than 600 Bq / kg as unprocessed tea.
In short, instead of stricter standards, has changed little.

I think that the first plucked tea contaminated radiation but the second, the third decrease .
So, in 2012, new leaves will be less radiation.

Darjeeling tea

This darjeeling was a gift by my friend.

It was by Lopchu at Tamagawa gakuen,Tokyo.

Darjeeling second flash,golden orange pekor

The taste was deep.



Bancha tea

Today,I had bancha tea.

Bancha is a tea that is drunk in the local regeon.

This tea is Kishimame tea/きしまめ茶 that is drunk at Kouchi/高知.

The leaves are consist if pods,leaves and stem of Kawaraketumei/河原決明.

It is Chamaecrista nomame of  legume.

The taste was beans.

This tea, love-it-or-hate-it.

Sencha

This sencha also was given.
Today,I had Kuki tea/茎茶.

Kuki tea are used tea tree branches.

I like kuki tea,because it was easy to brew.

This tea made from Tujino tea at Yame,Fukuoka.

Sencha

I had tea with gifts.

The tea was Fukamushi sencha/深蒸し by Tujino at Yame/八女,Fukuoka.

Since the fukamushi leaves are fine, the brewing time is shorter.

Oolong tea

Merry Christmas

I was alone in the hortel in Shizuoka.

And I had Oolong tea that was called Hanairo Oolong tea/花いろ烏龍茶.

The tea was made from Makinohara/牧之原 , Shizuoka.