All About Japanese Tea Culture
Ume: The symbol of spring with many uses
The flowers of ume, the Japanese plum, bloom in February and March, announcing the beginning of spring. Around this time many people gather at park...
The Parts of a Chasen
This article covers the Japanese terminology for the main parts of a chasen (the bamboo whisk used to make matcha). While the terminology for the p...
Wasanbon sugar: Japan's traditional and delicate sugar
Since most of my writing on Yunomi is about tea, I thought I would mix it up a bit to write about a traditional and special type of sugar called “w...
Genmaicha, the brown rice tea everybody loves
As some of you may already be aware, November 1st was a day to celebrate Genmaicha day.
Genmaicha is a type of Japanese tea made by mixing sencha ...
Matcha is becoming hip in Germany, here’s why
German matcha consumption began picking up along with the foodie trend around the year 2012. Additionally, in the last four to five years Netflix a...
Celebrate Japanese Tea Women
Tea farming, like agriculture in general, is typically thought of as a male-dominated world, probably because men tend to own the land, businesses ...
A Japanese summer delicacy, Uji kintoki
If you are a Japanese tea aficionado, you’ve probably already heard of the famous tea producing region Uji, in Kyoto Prefecture. But have you heard...
Craftsmanship and evolution of the Japanese tea caddy
Tea caddies have been important for Japanese tea for hundreds of years and have carried particular prestige since the great warlord Oda Nobunaga (1...
Tea Tour 2023 in Tokyo!
On Sunday May 28th there was a tea event in the Nihonbashi neighborhood of Tokyo city, called Tokyo Tea Tour 2023 (in Japanese: 東京お茶めぐり２０２３). Being...
Grandma phantom tea in the mountains
Hello! Have you tried any of the 2023 shinchas at Yunomi?
The month of May (the time around the 88th night) is peak tea harvesting season in Japan...
Celebrate Hachijyu-Hachiya (88th Night)
May 2nd in 2023, is “hachijyu-hachiya”, a holiday which marks the 88th night since the beginning of spring called Risshun (i.e., February 2nd or 3r...
A Japanese Folktale - "Uji Tea of the West" (Nishiuji-no-Cha) by Kyota Ko
Written by Kyota Ko, author of Folk Tales of Japan: 28 Japanese folk tales with cultural commentary.
Some of the finest tea in Japan has come fro...
