Kiln-dried tea

I had kiln dried tea as Tamaryoku-cha/玉緑茶 of Mr.Ota.

The leaves are made from Sayamakaori in Ureshino,Saga.

I like Ota's tea.

drinking tea unlimited

I went to have tea to the cafe ,Tokyo scone.
Drinking tea unlimited.
The first Nilgiri,Tiger Hill Estate ,

Keemun Da Bie,

Uva from Aislaby tea estate,at 2010,

Uva from Aislaby tea estate 2011,

Dimbula from Talawakele tea estate 2011 ,

Assam Borsapori tea estate, second flush 2011 with milk,

and Nilgiri,Tiger Hill Estate with milk.
Today, I had seven cups of tea.

Sencha

Asamiya tea from Shiga.

Sencha

The other day,I went to  the exhibition of the products of Nara.

Today,I had sencha of the exhibition.

This tea was made by Katagi kosou tea estate/かたぎ古香園.

It was called Asamiya tea/朝宮茶 in Shiga/滋賀.

Asamiya is minor as tea breeding area.

But this leaves were used for Uji tea.

The taste was simple and to easy to drink.

The Restaurant, IVY PLACE

I went to have a cup of tea to the restaurant,IVY PLACE at Daikanyama,Tokyo.

This Wakocha was called Beniogata from Kagoshima.

The taste like Darjeeling tea.

Wakocha/和紅茶

I decided to call Japanese black tea as Wakocha/和紅茶.

This Wakocha was called Topu Topu tea/とぷとぷ紅茶.

This was made by Gyugosha tea estate/牛小舎農園 in Makinohara,Shizuoka.

The taste near the Japanese sencha.

And rough but I felt the life force of the leaf.

Tea leaves with chicken and sesame oil

Tea leaves were cooked with chicken.

I used kiln-dried tea leaves of Mr.Ota.

Heat the pan and grease sesame oil.

Add minced chicken and used tea leaves and fly.

Flavor with salt.

Tea leaves are affinity with oil.

The taste of tea leaves stand up !

Sencha

I went to the cafe Mube/むべ at Itsukaichi/五日市,Tokyo.
I had a cup of sencha with Yokan/羊羹.
Yokan is a thick jellied sweet made of azuki bean paste, kanten and sugar.

The Cafe was surrounded by mountains.

The entry gate.

Relaxed atmosphere.

I dropped near the temple.

Making dried radish.

Kiriboshi Daikon/切り干し大根 ,dried  radish.

Sun-moon lake tea

The chinese black tea called Sun-moon lake tea /日月潭.

The taste was very deep.

I like the tea.

Kiln-dried tea

I like kiln-dried tea by Mr,Ota.

This leaves are round.
These are made in Ureshino,Saga.

 The leaves are used Fujikaori/ふじかおり.
The smell was specific and like flower.