An interview with yours truly — about Kumamoto green tea — just appeared on Walker Tea Review. And Kate over at Sagaci-tea, a blog that exudes passion for tea, recently reviewed our Blissful Buds. Blissful Buds as brewed by Kate. —M…
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6Jun12
Magic bus
In my travels in the wilds of Kyushu, I came across this near Miyanohara Shrine in the town of Minamioguni. —Mellow Monk blog feed, facebook, reviews, steepster, teas, tweets, videos
27May12
Iced tea trophy
Here is the 1st place trophy won by our Roasted Iced Green Tea in the 2012 North American Tea Championship.This tea is made by a wonderful grower–artisan in Sagara Village in Kumamoto’s Kuma region, famous for tea estates sprawling across the rol…
Since I blogged about our win in the North American Tea Championship being reported in the tea grower–artisan’s hometown of Aso, Japan, I have received some requests to know what’s in the actual article, so here goes:Aso City: Mr. Nagata’s Steame…
1Dec11
Wagashi and a homemade mug
Little Monk made his own tea mug in Japan recently (although the proprietors of the make-your-own-ceramics store fired it for him), we recently used it at tea-and-snack time. The treats are two Kumamoto specialties — Jindaiko and Mushagaeshi, the…
26Sep11
Rocket over Mt. Aso
A friend in Aso sent us this photo of a faintly visible rocket contrail over Neko peak (super-big photo here) of Mt. Aso.The contrail of the H2A rocket is barely visible rising diagonally from the right, crossing the small cloud hovering over the peak’…
Our tea buyer, while in Aso, visited city hall to give them a good story for their newsletter — about a local tea artisan’s tea winning first place in its division in the North American Tea Championship. A lot of the folks there were surprised …
In addition to being reported on these shores, Mellow Monk’s first-place win at the North American Tea Championship is also making news in the tea artisan’s locality.
On the left is a cellphone pic of the article that appeared in the August 18th edit…
We just brought in this exciting and delicious new tea from a top-tier artisan in Kumamoto, Japan — Lightly Roasted Iced Green Tea.
His expert use of traditional tea-roasting techniques yields a smokey aroma and a sublimely nutty flavor. The ro…
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14Jul11
Radiation and Japanese tea
TeaMuse has a thorough, well-researched article on radiation in Japan and how it has been affecting tea.Some bad new, to be sure, but good news for Kumamoto tea (that’s us):Yes, most of Japan’s tea is safe. Tea from the Uji region, and the Yame, Kuma…
