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[2024.08.14]

New Release of Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea 2024

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Tea tree
• What's New?
• White Tea
• Wild Tea
• Yunnan

 We have released the 2024 Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea Loose Leaf. This tea was produced under our direct supervision during our stay in Yunnan Province, ensuring meticulous production management on site. Definition of Wild Tea in Yunnan Province People in Yunnan strongly associate Camellia taliensis with wild tea, regardless of where it is …

[2024.06.01]

New Release of Wild Pu-erh Jasmine Pearl

• New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop
• Types of Tea
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Jasmine Tea
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Scented Tea and Flavoured Tea
• Tea tree
• What's New?
• Wild Tea

Out of curiosity, we decided to create a jasmine tea based on Da Xue Shan Wild Raw Tea. This resulted in an exceptionally rare tea, not only in Japan but also in China. Custom Production Network for Jasmine Tea At our store, we source various types of base teas from different regions during the spring. …

[2024.04.28]

In Search of Wild Tea: Exploring Mountain Villages in Southwest Lincang, Yunnan

• Origin of Tea
• How to choose quality tea
• China
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Tea tree
• Wild Tea
• Yunnan

We are currently sourcing tea in the southwestern part of Lincang City, Yunnan Province. One of the crucial products for us is wild tea. While tea processing is important, securing the raw materials poses the biggest challenge. Recently, we received information about a new location where wild tea supposedly grows. To verify this, we visited …

[2024.03.17]

The Relationship Between Greenness of Tea Leaves and Fertilizer

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

For both tea and vegetables, there’s a common misconception that a deeper green colour indicates better quality and greater health benefits. However, this isn’t always the case. Natural plants often have a yellowish-green hue rather than a vibrant green. If you observe wild plants in grasslands or along roadsides during spring, you’ll notice that they …

[2020.10.08]

Limited Release of Yunnan 10 Years Vintage Black Tea 2010

• Types of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• Black Tea
• China
• Chinese Black Tea
• Environmental factors
• Tea tree
• Yunnan

We release 10-year vintage Yunnan black tea. This tea was produced in 2010 and aged in Yunnan for 8 years in aerobic storage. We bought this year in 2018, and it has been aged in Japan and Malaysia for two years in anoxic storage condition. The production area is very near to the Myanmar border …

[2020.04.01]

Amazing difference between seedling tea and cultivated tea

• How to choose quality tea
• Cultivars
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Tea tree
• Wild Tea

Do you know that tea is divided into two groups: cultivated tea propagated by cuttings, and seedling tea grown from seed?There is actually a big difference between cultivated tea and seedling tea. What is Cultivar? The cultivated tea refers to tea with a name of specific cultivar, such as Yabukita, Benifuki, Okumidori, Tie Guan Yin, …

[2020.01.22]

The Elevation and Quality of Tea

• How to choose quality tea
• uncategorized
• Altitude
• Environmental factors

[2019.11.07]

Do you know that organic tea does not mean healthy?

• Featured Articles
• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Material Quality of Tea
• Quality component of tea

Have you ever heard about sustainable tea garden? It means tea garden is independent from human and being able to continue to propagate as part of ecology. Every year we spend nearly two months in Yunnan for sourcing tea. We make sure that all of our Yunnan teas are from the sustainable tea garden. The …

[2018.05.20]

Seeking for Limited Tea Only Available in May

• How to choose quality tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Season
• Tea tree
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

We arrived Yunnan in March and have been staying for more than one month. In Lincang, spring tea starts around 20th of March. On the other hand, certain teas only available for the first plucking in May. As much people cherish the earliest fresh tea of the year, little people know that the higher the …

[2018.04.05]

The Field Report of Yunnan Tea in 2018

• Origin of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Season
• Tea tree
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

I have been staying in Yunnan since 31st of March. I have visited a few mountains to survey the condition of many tea gardens, and I have met my tea manufacturers to gather the first-hand information of 2018 tea. The altitude is very important element for quality We are now staying in a town located …