Akira Hojo | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 26

[2013.03.22]

Wild Tea Tree in Wu Liang Shan, Yunnan

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

In 2011, I visited Wu Liang Shan of Yunnan province in China. I was there to look for wild tea trees. In Yunnan, there are a lot of old tea trees that aged up to 1000 years old. However, many of the old trees are cultivated tea trees. When we refer a tea as “wild …

[2013.03.22]

Vacuum packing is not the best way to keep the tea fresh

• How to enjoy tea
• Idial condition to store tea
• Tea Storage

My customer sometimes asked me whether or not they should vacuum-pack the tea in order to maintain its freshness for many years. The vacuum-pack is definitely better than doing nothing. However, this is not good enough. Why the vacuum packaging is able to maintain the freshness of the tea? There are two functions of vacuum …

[2013.03.22]

Tie Guan Yin Lan Yun literally gives an orchid flower

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• Anxi Tie Guan Yin
• China
• Chinese Oolong Tea
• Fujian
• Oolong Tea
• What's New?

We launched Tie Guan Yin from Anxi, Fujian. The product name is Tie Guan Yin Lan Yun. The leaf of Tie Guan Yin cultivar   Visting Anxi for quality Tie Guan Yin Tie Guan Yin is a very popular tea in China. The high quality Tie Guan Yin has a huge demand in domestic market. …

[2013.03.22]

Material that ruins the taste of tea

• How to enjoy tea
• Ideal water for brewing tea
• Science between the taste of tea and material

Many people often pay a lot of attentions on tea leaves and tea equipment in order to enjoy a nice cup of tea. However, people often overlooked the importance of water quality in making a perfect cup of tea. Scientifically, water is H2O. In our living environment, water does not exist as simple as it is. …

[2013.03.22]

The simple reason why some pu-erh teas has smoky flavor.

• Tea Processing
• Fermented Tea
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Yunnan

Smoke Gets into Your Tea – Debunk the Smoky Tea Myth Fresh plucked raw pu-erh tealeaves are usually processed through pan-frying. Traditional pan-frying processing would make the smoke gets into the tea. Some tea farmers, especially the minorities who live in the mountains in Yunnan tend to use primitive type of pan-frying method. They set …

[2013.03.21]

Tips on Tea Quality Inspection

• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Factors that affects tea quality

There are many ways to judge the quality of tea. Among all, I would like to introduce one method: to check the unrolling speed of brewed leaf. The high quality leaf unroll very fast, while the poor quality leaf takes a long time to unroll, or sometimes it does not perfectly unroll. I would like …

[2013.03.20]

Do we have to use one tea pot for one tea?

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Science between the taste of tea and material

It often comes to the discussion whether or not we should use one teapot for one tea. I would like to share some knowledge based on my first hands experience.   It is the mineral that you need to care     Flavor of tea disappear fast as it get oxidized 1. Flavor of tea …

[2011.03.20]

The Art of Tea Magazine

• Media Release

We posted the article on “The Art of Tea Magazine No.9, the magazine is published in Taiwan. We featured some scientific view about the tetsubin

[2007.10.20]

New Straits Times

• Media Release

The Malaysian National Newspaper, New Straits Times featured HOJO Tea on 17-Oct-2007.

[2007.09.23]

Sinchew Chinese Newspaper （星州）

• Media Release

23 September 2007, HOJO TEA Malaysia was introduced on Sinchew (星州), the Malaysia local Chinese news paper.It featured mainly about Japanese teapots.