Tea – Green
All you could ever want to know about green tea!
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Review of Genmaicha Green Tea from The English Tea Store
Genmaicha is one of the more easily identified teas, thanks to the noticeable presence of toasted rice among the tea leaves. To the uninitiated, this might at first seem slightly peculiar. But, as Genmaicha lovers know, these little pieces of toasted rice are the perfect complement to the sweet, grassy flavour of Japanese green tea. Continue reading
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Black Tea – Meet Green Tea
Variety is the spice of life. It’s a somewhat overused phrase, but when it comes to tea drinking it’s true. I’m a black tea drinker first and foremost, and there’s nothing I like more than a good Assam. But I also like to mix things up with other varieties of black tea from time to Continue reading
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Review of Gyokuro from the English Tea Store
Gyokuro is a Japanese green tea of the highest quality, and one that I always look forward to drinking. It is considered one of the highest grades because the processing of this tea is complex, including covering the tea trees with shades during growth. This reduces the tannin content of the leaves, which is responsible Continue reading
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The Rise of Matcha?
Every now and then a few members of the media get it in their heads that certain types of tea are poised to be the next thing. I don’t know if this was the case with green tea way back when, but it’s safe to say that anyone who predicted the immense popularity of this Continue reading
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Tea Review – English Tea Store Gyokuro
It’s hard to say what the world’s best green tea is. In fact, I’ll go one step further and say that it’s probably impossible to say what the world’s best green tea is. After all, it is a matter of opinion and tastes differ and we all like what we like and so on. But Continue reading
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When Tea Came To Japan
The general consensus these days is that tea drinking and production got its start in China, a nation that still grows more tea than any other. There’s a quaint and persistent notion that tea was accidentally discovered there in exactly 2784 BC by a Chinese emperor, but the truth of the matter is probably a Continue reading
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The Chasen (Matcha Tea Whisk)
As I recall it, when I started to take an interest in tea, about eight years ago, matcha was still a rather obscure variety. For those who may not be aware, matcha is a type of powdered Japanese tea that’s often (but not always) made from high grades of green tea. Once upon a time Continue reading
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Review of Earl Grey Green Tea from The English Tea Store
Type of tea: Green Loose or bagged: Loose Recommended steep time: 3 minutes Another of the teas I wanted to explore more, Earl Grey Green tea from The English Tea Store was something that I approached with slight trepidation; the bergamot flavouring of Earl Grey is something that I associate so strongly with black tea Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Term “Matcha”
I don’t claim to be an expert on tea. I’ve learned a few things in the years I’ve been writing about it, but just enough to make me realize how much more there is to learn. From the time I learned of matcha, I was under the impression that it was a powdered green tea Continue reading
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Boseong – Korea’s Green Tea Central
In the time I’ve been drinking and writing about tea – that’s about eight years now – I’ve never had the pleasure to sample any Korean tea. It’s a major oversight and one that I need to rectify but for the moment I’ll have to live with it. With all due respect to South Korea, Continue reading
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