Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 15

[2015.10.08]

What is the ideal tea for fermentation and aging?

• Tea constituents and functional effect
• Catechin
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Mineral
• Quality component of tea
• Tea Constituents
• Theanine

The freshly-plucked tealeaf has green leafy aroma. When the fresh tealeaf undergoes appropriate fermentation or maturation, its green leafy aroma will becomes fruity or floral note. The fermentation of tea refers to the enzymatic oxidation, while the maturation means non-enzymatic oxidation. However, even if it undergoes fermentation or maturation, not all tea produces fruity or floral …

[2015.09.28]

Pesticide Status of Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong

• Safety of Tea
• China
• Chinese Oolong Tea
• Guangdong
• Oolong Tea
• Pesticide
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea

One of the very important criteria we select tea is the safety. In particular, we care a lot on the pesticide. There are some tips I would like to share abut the pesticide status on Phoenix oolong. Official importing procedure to Japan Usually it is the must to conduct pesticide analysis if we officially import …

[2015.09.25]

Buying Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong in 2015

• Types of Tea
• China
• Chinese Oolong Tea
• Chinese Oolong Tea Processing
• Fermented Tea
• Guangdong
• Oolong Tea
• Oolong Tea Processing
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Processing
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea

The quality and characteristic of Phoenix Dan Cong oolong varies a lot on each batch. As this tea is one of very important groups of tea in our lineup, we only purchase this tea visiting the production site after tasting many different batches. This is the 6th time I visited there. The reason why we …

[2015.08.31]

Hybrid Tea Between Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Yunnan Black Tea

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

We developed a new tea blended between Gong Ting grade ripe pu-erh and Yunnan black tea. We wanted to create a tea that gives sweet flavor with thick and mellow drinking feeling. Collaboration between ripe pu-erh tea and black tea Since some time ago, I have discovered that the combination between naturally farmed black tea …

[2015.08.29]

Mang Fei, One of 4 famous tea production areas in Lincang

• 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 have just Mang Fei raw pu-erh tea. Mang Fei is one of four famous tea production areas in Lincang. Reason why we always like to buy tea from Lincang Generally, the tea production area located at south Yunnan such as Bu Lang Shan, Yiwu and Lao Bang Zhang are historically very famous. Due to …

[2015.07.16]

Progress of Developing Iga Natural Red Clay

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

We have been developing Iga Natural Red Clay teapot in a past few years. We were originally planning to introduce it in July, however, we are facing a technical issue. The surface of teapot becomes moist We have managed to finalize the clay and the refining method according to the ideal taste. After we made …

[2015.07.07]

Feng Qing Wild White Tea made of camellia taliensis

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• What's New?
• White Tea
• Yunnan

We have just released a new type of white tea that is produced from wild camellia taliensis that is native to a forest in Feng Qing. We named it as Feng Qing Wild White Tea. Wild tea collected from Feng Qing Feng Qing town is well-known by tea lovers and it is the heart of …

[2015.05.28]

What Everybody Ought to Know About Pu-erh Tea

• Featured Articles
• Types of Tea
• China
• Fermented Tea
• Post Fermented Tea
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Yunnan

What are the criteria that define the quality of pu-erh tea? How do we choose the right quality? Every year, I regularly visit Yunnan and stay there for a few weeks. In this article, I would like to share my experiences with you. What is pu-erh Tea? Historically, pu-erh tea was produced by the minority …

[2015.05.26]

Do you prefer tea leaf to be rolled tighter or softer?

• Tea Processing
• Japan
• Japanese Green Tea
• Japanese Green Tea Processing
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Yunnan

In making teas, most of the teas will undergo rolling process, except some white tea and green tea. The rolling means rubbing or crumpling the tealeaf. Some tea manufacturers use machine to roll the tealeaf, while some people use their hands to roll. I would like to explain the purpose of rolling, and how the …

[2015.05.07]

Drying process that affects the flavor of raw pu-erh tea

• Tea Processing
• China
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea
• Yunnan

Pu-erh tea consists of raw pu-erh tea and ripe pu-erh tea. The tea leaf of raw pu-erh tea is greenish color and the drinking feeling is closer to green tea or white tea. In fact, raw pu-erh tea is technically one kind of green tea. The basic process of both raw pu-erh tea and green …