Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 13

[2016.05.18]

Xi Gui, the renowned pu-erh tea of south west Yunnan

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

I believe the most famous production area of pu-erh tea should be Lao Ban Zhang, it is located at the south of Yunnan. In fact, there is another place called Xi Gui (昔帰) in the south west Yunnan. Xi Gui is highly renowned and the price is equally expensive as Lao Ban Zhang (老班章), yet it …

[2016.05.04]

Making Silver Needle from Yunnan Natural Farming Tea

• Types of Tea
• Agricultural Practice
• China
• White Tea
• Yunnan

Silver Needle is the name of single bud white tea. It’s a well-known white tea produced in Fujian Province. Nowadays, it is getting more and more difficult to procure the Silver Needle from Fujian Province. There are a number of factors to take into account: pesticide issue, price increases, and the down trend of quality. …

[2016.04.25]

Pre-Booking for Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh Tea Mao-Cha 2016

• 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 would like to offer the pre-booking of the Bai Shu Raw Pu-erh Tea. Bai Shu in Chinese language means White Bush. This tea is produced from the tealeaf collected from the white tea bush. We selected a natural farming tea garden, and in particular we only collect the tealeaf from the white tea bush …

[2016.04.22]

Tea made only from White Tea Trees

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• Agricultural Practice
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Soil Condition
• Tea tree
• What's New?
• Yunnan

I have always been dreaming of making tea from a specific type of tea tree. I wish to collect the tea leaves from the tea tree that I personally selected and process it. This is half my hobby and half experimental based project. Throughout the years of my tea expedition in Yunnan,  I met a …

[2016.04.18]

2016 Ma An Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Mao-Cha Pre-Booking

• 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 purchased Ma An Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea. Tea became excellent quality this year because there was no rain one week before plucking season. Since we are very happy with the quality, we decided to open the pre-booking of the Ma An Shan mao cha (loose tea). Ma An Shan tea gives extraordinarily strong body …

[2016.04.14]

What is the difference between raw pu-erh and green tea?

• Tea Processing
• China
• Fermented Tea
• Green Tea
• Non Fermented Tea
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Yunnan

Some people often confused between raw pu-erh and green tea. The appearance of these teas looks similar indeed. Actually, the process of making these two teas are exactly the same, the different is merely the drying method: green tea is dried with hot air dryer while raw pu-erh tea is dried by sunshine. The tea …

[2016.04.13]

Many Teas in Yunnan are Organic but it is Not Sufficient

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

Every year I stay in Yunnan Province for about a month to source various Yunnan teas. During my stay, I have opportunities to eat the local food in various places. I found an interesting trend. The quality of tea in the respective area is in proportion to the taste of the food material served at …

[2016.04.11]

2016 Wild Tea Mao-Cha on Sale for a Limited Time

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

We have completed the sourcing of two wild teas from Da Xue Shan, the Wild Spring Bud and Wild Tea. These teas are produced from the wild tea tree grown in native forest of Yunnan, China. For now, we would like to open for the booking of these two Wild Tea mao-cha (loose tea). The …

[2016.04.09]

Black tea from the wild tea tree grown in a native forest

• Types of Tea
• Black Tea
• China
• Chinese Black Tea
• Yunnan

Since a few years ago, we have been introducing the wild black tea. Literally its name tells that it is produced from fresh tealeaf collected from the wild tea tree naturally grown in the mountain. In 2015, this tea was very popular. It was sold out much earlier than we expected. For us, managing the …

[2016.04.06]

HOJO original tailor-made tea from Yunnan

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

In HOJO’s tea lineup, we have many teas produced in Yunnan Province of China. We are always interested in Yunnan tea because if we work very hard to search we are still able to find some natural farming tea gardens in Yunnan. The quality of tea collected from those natural farming gardens is outstanding; in …