Going back to Japan...
Well, I'm leaving on the 15th of October and will be in Nara for 8 days. If anyone will be in the area during that time, I'll be headlining on the 17th at Club Metro in Kyoto... anyway, I will be taking photographs of the tea shops and stores, and bringing back an assortment of canisters and teas from the farms - I might cobble the photos into an essay for TeaMuse. Would anybody like me to check prices, or ask questions to tea farmers, etc.?
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I think you might be confusing Japan for China. Japan mostly produces green teas like bancha, sencha, matcha, and gyokuro. I'm not aware of any whites nor flavored teas coming out of Japan. Really, I don't think a lot of the flavored teas are coming out of China, either, with the exception of Jasmine.Mocha Wheels wrote:michael, see about a white peppermint tea- i know i could just make a blend myself but it'd be easier if i could just buy it preblended... and since you're going there anyway lol
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Kevin from O-Cha shared recently about a true Japanese oolong he had just sampled. He was not impressed. I would not be surprised to see more on this in the future.
There are flavored Japanese teas. Cherry blossom in the Spring is a classic example. But there are others mostly trying to cater to western tastes...bleh.
There are flavored Japanese teas. Cherry blossom in the Spring is a classic example. But there are others mostly trying to cater to western tastes...bleh.
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Well, I can tell you from my last trip that several residents I spoke to had never drank a white tea, which would seem to indicate that Japan isn't much of a source for it. Also, I've never seen a bottled white in any vending machine or store - those little bottles of tea were what started me on teasism, so I've had quite a few varieties - still, I'll ask. Japan is very much a green tea country, with blacks a distant second - often consumed but rarely prepared. I'll save some labels from my favorite bottled brands and scan and post them also.
Japanese white would definitely be a specialty item, which makes it worth checking into.
Japanese white would definitely be a specialty item, which makes it worth checking into.
