Green Tea in June

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Green Tea in June

by emeraldrobot » Jun 10th, '09, 22:27

I'm going to Japan next week and I'm wondering if its worth getting any green tea in June. I'm not too familiar with the harvest season still (I know shincha has been picked) but are there anymore harvests with green tea in Japan in June or recently?

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by Chip » Jun 10th, '09, 22:43

Get a first flush, early in the harvest...DEFINITELY
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by TaiPing Hou Kui » Jun 11th, '09, 00:13

In all actuality you really couldnt have picked a better time to go to Japan and pick up tea! Most of all the shinchas are out by now and ready for your purchasing and drinking pleasure!
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by emeraldrobot » Jun 11th, '09, 00:26

muahaha thank you chip and TaiPing Hou Kui for the advice, now I really can't wait...and now I feel bad for my poor bank account!
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by chingwa » Jun 11th, '09, 08:39

if you're going to be in Kyoto, you should definitely stop by the Ippodo store... It's just a few blocks south of Gosho, on the east side... :)
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by xuancheng » Jun 11th, '09, 11:17

chingwa wrote:if you're going to be in Kyoto, you should definitely stop by the Ippodo store... It's just a few blocks south of Gosho, on the east side... :)
If you don't believe chingwa, check out the following review of their tearoom
http://kyotofoodie.com/ippodo-tea-kaboku-tearoom/

We would all love to hear about your trip and see pictures.
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by emeraldrobot » Jun 11th, '09, 20:46

I'm not going to be in Kyoto, just the Tokyo area (I'd love to go to Kyoto and Nara sometime but its just not in the cards this time) so I can't go otherwise I definitely would! Are there any suggestions in the Tokyo area of where good places might be to get some good quality tea? I know the place to go is Uji, but again, thats in the Kyoto Prefrecture...

I'll definitely have lots of pics though!
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by TEAcipes » Jun 11th, '09, 20:57

Tokyo has a lot of nice tea-cafes.

You should visit SOU-AN (if they're still in business... Tokyo = high rotation of restaurants and cafes), in Shibuya's Hiroo area. It's a 5 minute walk from the Hiroo train station.
There's also a matcha cafe by the Nihonbashi Bridge called ZENCHA-FE. It's about a 5 minute walk from the Mitsukoshi-Mae subway station.

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by xuancheng » Jun 12th, '09, 07:19

Check out this post about a trip to tokyo

http://www.tching.com/index.php/2009/05 ... -in-tokyo/
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by emeraldrobot » Jun 13th, '09, 01:11

xuancheng wrote:Check out this post about a trip to tokyo

http://www.tching.com/index.php/2009/05 ... -in-tokyo/
thanks I definitely will! and thanks to everyone else too for the advice
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