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- Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 11
Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 11

- [2017.06.16]
- 2017 Spring Tea from Tsukigase in Nara
I have visited Tsukigase in Nara to survey the progress of spring tea and their production. It was just in the mid of tea season. I met with our tea manufacturer and we exchanged a lot of innovative ideas regarding tea processing, and I inspected the outcome of the experimented teas. This year we are …

We open the pre-booking of two types of raw pu-erh mao-cha: Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh Tea, the White Bush Raw Pu-erh Tea The Exceptionally Long Withered Tea, called Huo Cao Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea We have very limited quantity of these teas since we only selected them in a very short period from 9th to …

- [2017.05.20]
- Releasing 3 Types of Single Bush Phoenix Oolong Tea
In Chinese, the tea collected only from the specific single bush is called Dan Zhu (单株). We bought three types of Dan Zhu Phoenix oolong when we visited Phoenix village in 2016. Terminology of Phoenix Oolong Nowadays, there are many terms of tea in Phoenix village, like Dan Cong, Lao Cong or Dan Zhu. Since …

I have been aware that the naturally grown tea, in particular, the freshly plucked tea from the wild tea garden gives very strong floral scent; moreover it has very less bitterness and astringency. In order to amplify these cup characteristics, we used special pan-frying method in order to dry the leaf swiftly and remain the …

- [2017.05.11]
- The Summary of Yunnan Spring Tea 2017
As the season of the first plucking is over, I would like to share my review on 2017 teas from the South West of Yunnan, such as Lincang, Bao Shan, Jing Gu, Chang Ning and Da Li area. Usually, the most critical factor that affects the quality of tea is weather. Since the day I …

- [2017.05.03]
- Pre-Booking for Da Xue Shan Wild Pu-erh & White Tea
We now open the pre-booking for the two types of Wild Tea mao-cha: Da Xue Shan Wild Raw Pu-erh Tea, and Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea The pre-booking is only open for a week until 10th of May. It is because of we need to quickly proceed for the compression before the quality of …

- [2017.04.29]
- Producing Exceptionally Long Withered Raw Pu-erh Tea
Throughout my years of tea expedition in China and meeting with unaccountable number of tea manufacturers, I learned that most of pu-erh tea manufacturers agreed that “the long withering improves the flavor of tea”. However, I have not seen any pu-erh tea that underwent very long withering. Due to various constrains in their work arrangement, …

- [2017.04.23]
- The Ripe Pu-erh Tea Made of Myanmar tea
In this year, one of the objectives of my Yunnan trip was to look for the quality ripe pu-erh tea. Since the tea season was late, I have more time to look for the manufacturer of ripe pu-erh tea this time. So far we have succeeded to find two types of good ripe pu-erh tea. …

- [2017.04.16]
- Making Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea 2017
We have been producing white tea using the wild tea grown in Da Xue Shan. Last year we introduced this tea. But due to extremely limited quantity, it was sold out in a few days. This year, we physically involved in this tea production and worked very hard to produce more quantity. We also studied …

- [2017.04.16]
- Producing tea from the White Tea Bush 2017
This year we are planning to produce Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh tea and Bai Shu Black Tea again. If we could manage to produce sufficient quantity of Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh tea, we plan to release the loose tea (mao-cha) on a pre-booking basis. We will then compress the remaining quantity into cake. In Chinese, …
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- Yong De Wild White Tea 2026 – Limited Release
- We have released Yong De Wild White Tea 2026.We can produce only a very limited quantity each year, and it usually sells out within one or two days. If you are interested, please place your order as soon as possible. Origin and Background Yong De Wild Tea comes from wild Camellia taliensis trees growing naturally …
- New Release: High Mountain White Tea 2026
- We have released two white teas produced by us in Yunnan in 2026: Ancient White Tea 2026 and Ancient Bai Mu Dan 2026. Compared with an average year, this year’s white teas have richer flavor and stronger sweetness. Why Does White Tea Have Such a Strong Floral Flavor? White tea is produced using a very …
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- I invite you to experience my tea selections.I was born in Nagano, Japan. In university, I studied agricultural chemistry, and I have the master degree in food science. I worked in Japanese food industry for 10 years. I involved in R&D, QC and QA. As a factory manager, I implemented ISO9000 series and managed the factory.
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