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Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 12

[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, …

[2017.04.07]
Naturally Farmed Tea Garden is Slowly Disappearing in Yunnan

Every year I am staying in Yunnan and buying a number of teas. Nowadays I am particularly interested in naturally farmed tea. The definition of the naturally farmed tea is that tea trees are grown as a part of the surrounding ecology and it is independent from human involvement. Naturally farmed tea for the taste …

[2017.04.02]
The Field Report of Yunnan Tea in 2017

Since 21st of March, I have been staying in Lincang, Yunnan. I am staying in the base town, where is a strategic location for me to access various tea mountains. I am staying here for a month. Weather The weather this year is very strange. It has been extremely dry since last autumn. The tea …

[2017.03.31]
The New Release of Tsukigase Asamomi Sencha

Most of the Japanese green teas have undergone intensive rolling process to make it into needle shape, and in general it becomes one of the key characteristics of Japanese green tea. We developed a Japanese green tea that undergone very light rolling. We named it as Tsukigase Asamomi Sencha. In Japanese, “Asamomi” means light rolling. …

[2017.03.30]
New release of Bai Shu Black Tea from Yunnan

We have just released Bai Shu Black Tea. This is the black tea version of the tea produced only from the tealeaf collected from white tea trees. In 2016, we have released the raw pu-erh tea version named as Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh Tea. Both teas are made of the tealeaf specifically collected from tea …

[2017.03.06]
New release of Silver Needle made of Naturally farmed Yunnan Tea

Silver Needle is the famous white tea produced in Fujian province of China. There are more than 1000 manufacturers situated around Fuzhou or Fu Ding area. We have been visiting the production site every year in the past 10 years to select the ideal tea directly from the tea manufacturers. However, it is getting tougher …

[2017.02.28]
The true reason why some pu-erh and black tea causes stomachache

We noticed that there are a number of customers who refrain from black tea or raw pu-erh tea due to the uncomforted stomach. I too have had the same experience that I suffered from stomachache after drinking some black tea. However, it has nothing to do with black tea or raw pu-erh tea. If tea …

[2017.02.24]
New Release of Cha Tou Ripe Pu-erh Tea 2015

We purchased Cha Tou 2015 when we visited Yunnan in 2016. This tea was produced in the village located about 50km away from the Myanmar border. The tea was grown with the natural farming method which no pesticide or fertilizer is used. Cha Tou is the lumps of tea produced by microorganism during tea fermentation …

[2017.01.22]
Is it true that pu-erh tea contains less caffeine?

I often came across with lots of internet media which explain that pu-erh tea contains less caffeine. Is that really true? I studied various science literatures to find out the truth. Wrongly believed fact that ripe pu-erh tea contains lower caffeine There are two types of pu-erh tea, raw pu-erh tea and ripe pu-erh tea. …

[2017.01.21]
Single bud green tea, Yunnan Xue Ya just released

We made a green tea named as Yunnan Xue Ya : 雲南雪芽 from the single bud collected from the naturally farmed tea garden that is located more than 2000m. Xue Ya means Snow Bud. It is named after the appearance. Green tea in Yunnan is generally meant for serving at restaurant Since we have been …

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