Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 21

[2015.03.22]

Spring Tea Hunting in Yunnan 2015 Just Began

• Origin of Tea
• China
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea
• Yunnan

I have been in Yunnan since 20th March 2015 to hunt for new crop of raw pu-erh tea. Quality tea is first come …

[2015.03.18]

Iga Natural Red Clay from the Hometown of Ninja

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Iga Red Clay Teapot
• Japanese Teapot and Tea Equipment

I discovered very interesting clay in Iga, a place known as the hometown of Ninja in Japan. We are preparing t …

[2015.02.24]

Why do you brew green tea at lower temperature?

• How to enjoy tea
• Caffeine
• Catechin
• Green Tea
• Japanese Green Tea
• Mineral
• Tea Brewing Technque
• Tea Brewing Temperature
• Tea Constituents
• Theanine

Talking about brewing Japanese green tea, many people generally has accepted that it should be brewed at lower …

[2015.02.11]

Making Jasmine Tea From Special White Tea

• Types of Tea
• China
• Japanese Green Tea Processing
• Jasmine Tea
• Scented Tea and Flavoured Tea
• Secondary Processed Tea
• White Tea
• White Tea Processing
• Yunnan

Gu Shu Yinzhen is one of the very popular teas in our shop. It is a white tea grown in Yunnan with complete na …

[2015.02.06]

The important point for selecting water filter

• How to enjoy tea
• Ideal water for brewing tea

Water is the most important element in brewing a nice cup of tea. I usually collect water from the in-coming t …

[2015.01.28]

The reason to hunt for the naturally farmed tea

• How to choose quality tea
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Mineral
• Quality component of tea
• Tasting ability
• Tea Constituents

In 2014 I went to Yunnan, China twice and stay there for about a month plus. For now, most of teas have alread …

[2015.01.17]

Rich body and aftertaste, Uji Sencha Fukamushi

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• Deep Steamed (Fukamushi) Sencha
• Green Tea
• Japan
• Japanese Green Tea
• Kyoto (Uji)
• Sencha
• What's New?

We quietly released Uji Sencha Fukamushi last year. Uji Sencha Fukamushi is not an ordinary Fukamushi sencha. …

[2015.01.15]

Easy way to understand the scientific name of tea

• Tea Column

Tea is made of the plant called Camellia sinensis. But as you know, it is further classified into various type …

[2014.12.28]

The wild tea collected near the China-Myanmar border

• Types of Tea
• China
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Yunnan

The Myanmar border wild pu-erh tea is a raw pu-erh tea. It is made of the wild tea variety grown near the Chin …

[2014.12.23]

Asamiya Sencha, the rare Japanese green tea that gives full body

• Types of Tea
• Green Tea
• Japan
• Japanese Green Tea
• Sencha
• Shiga

Asamiya sencha (朝宮煎茶) is from Shigaraki, Koga city in Shiga prefecture.  Asamiya is the district that belongs …