Origin of Tea | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 17

[2015.03.24]

Getting inspired by the rich food culture in Yunnan

• Origin of Tea
• Foods
• China
• Chinese Cooking
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Yunnan

While traveling in Yunnan province for hunting pu-erh tea, I often drop by the local restaurant. To be frank, …

[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 …

[2015.02.11]

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 …

[2015.01.17]

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. …

[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 …

[2014.11.20]

Rare Yunnan green tea made with natural farming practice

• Types of Tea
• China
• Chinese Green Tea
• Green Tea
• Yunnan

Many of us tend to associate Chinese tea with pu-erh tea and oolong tea. However, more than 70% of tea produce …

[2014.08.25]

How to identify the authentic Dong Ding Oolong

• How to choose quality tea
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Oolong Tea
• Soil Condition
• Taichung
• Taiwan
• Taiwanese Oolong Tea

The Dong Ding Oolong is a very popular tea in Taiwan. I think it is not too much to say that Dong Ding oolong …

[2014.08.22]

Wild Spring Bud harvested from the wild tea tree at Da Xue Shan

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• China
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• What's New?
• Yunnan

We just released Wild Spring Bud raw pu-erh tea mao-cha; it is the loose tea buds harvested from the wild tree …

[2014.08.18]

High Mountain Purple Tea

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

HOJO NEWSLETTER No.28 The High Mountain Purple tea / 高山紫茶 We have released a very unique tea, called High Moun …