... wonderful-looking choices and good prices as well. Which teas have you found that you like there? I try to get a small amount of competition-grade temomi-cha once a year from Kaburagien. The quality of their offerings depends on their success when bidding for prize winning teas. They haven't yet ...

... be pruning. Of course every other things also affect the taste. Hand picking/processing helps uniforming the taste of every twigs and leaves. The temomi and competition tea have very soft and mellow taste because they're intentionally so. The competition world has their own styles and tastes. ...

... affects the boldness of tea taste in general but not the amount of umami. Umami should be from the type and amount of fertilizers used. These temomi and competition-grade tea have very mild taste because they're picked at very young age. But shincha is also picked at a young age and many have ...

... affects the boldness of tea taste in general but not the amount of umami. Umami should be from the type and amount of fertilizers used. These temomi and competition-grade tea have very mild taste because they're picked at very young age.

... experienced the joy of simply looking at the full sencha leaves -- just curious if it has a taste impact as well. I can't say, as I have never had temomi-cha. Tead Off and Chip (and perhaps others) are the ones who would know. Best wishes, sherubtse

Sadly, our forum specialist on temomi passed away suddenly a few years back. If you check out his posts, he discussed temomi pretty much. His user name is iannon. I didn't know iannon...but I always appreciated his comments. I had forgotten ...

Here are two searches of iannon's post which may be helpful. http://www.teachat.com/search.php?keywords=temomi&terms=all&author=iannon&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search http://www.teachat.com/search.php?keywords=temomicha&terms=all&author=iannon&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search ...

... But I see it is way down on that page. However some of the Kyusu pictured are different than the one for which the page was dedicated. Anyway, for temomicha, as I said above, perfect kyusu for this type of artisan sencha. Sadly, our forum specialist on temomi passed away suddenly a few years back. ...

Wow!!! That was great. I would love to try that tea. Thanks TRigga! :) and thanks for explaining a bit more about Temomicha, Chip. I hope traditional arts and practices like this method of making tea never die. Hey, glad everyone is enjoying my video. Chip is right, only a small ...

... himself ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEsOl30D0lU There is another Vlog where I actually join in the process of making tea by hand, called 'Temomi-cha'. Please check out those videos, and if you are interested in Japan, WWOOF, or travel in general, please watch my other videos and subscribe. ...

They are making Temomi-Cha which is a traditional hand manufacturing process ... light steamed. Only a very small percentage of sencha is manufactured in Temomi-Cha fashion. The video is interesting as it shows an old school, traditional ...

Happy 44th, Ian.

We will be sure to tip our cups to you today. Too bad we do not all have Temomi-Cha.

... obtained Hiruma tea's the past few years but passed this year for some reason. I just cut way back on my shincha buying. Did you get any of his Temomi? I always treated myself to whatever he recommended me through our emails

My favorite, Sugimoto, started the preorder of 2012 shincha. I really love Sugimoto's shincha, especially temomi shincha. Have anyone else tried Sugimoto sincha before? http://www.sugimotousa.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SU&Category_Code=SHI I also ordered ...

My favorite, Sugimoto, started the preorder of 2012 shincha. I really love Sugimoto's shincha, especially temomi shincha. Have anyone else tried Sugimoto sincha before? http://www.sugimotousa.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SU&Category_Code=SHI I also ordered ...