Akinori Kimura, a farmer and apple grower from Aemori, the northernmost province of Honshu, developed a method of naturally organic apple growing after his wife was diagnosed with a serious illness attributed to pesticides. Apples without pesticides Overnight, he decided to completely stop using pesticides and fertilizers in his farming. Aomori province […]
For two years already, we have been offering teas from the Nepalese garden Kalapani, located in eastern Nepal in the famous Ilam growing region. The teas from the until recently unknown garden have literally cast a spell on us and with each batch of samples that come from here, we are becoming more and more […]
The Čajomírfest took place on the third weekend of August at the Prague Výstaviště, and we were there again. Out of fourteen years, we missed only once. And during that time it only rained once, otherwise, it was always beautiful summer weather. It rained for the second time this year, but abundantly. On Saturday, the […]
A little history of growing green tea in Japan Tea shrubs have been cultivated in Japan since the early 13th century. The first tea seeds were introduced there by a travelling monk called Eisai who brought them from his travels in China. In 1202, he gave them to the monk Myōe of the Kōzan-ji Monastery, […]
Oolong is a corruption of Chinese word Wu Long, which means black dragon. An old Chinese legend is associated with the origin of this name. Lazy Fellow Black Dragon Once upon a time, probably in the Wuyi Mountain Range in the Chinese province of Fujian, a farmer lived in the mountains. He had a son […]
You will definitely enjoy traveling with your favorite tea utensils. The question is how to protect it, pack it, transport it, just don’t break it. Try Care For Teaware! With teapots around the globe Care for Teaware stands for practical and beautiful handmade pieces for tea ceremonies – both in tea rooms and outdoors. The […]
We managed to buy some great teas, which were produced in Darjeeling before the gardens closed in March this year. Until March 24, when a “lockdown” occurred across India, only a very small amount of tea was harvested. Pandemic versus hopeful tea season The weather was good for growers this year, so a very good […]
This story started around 2000. There were very few tea factories in Nepal, but tea farming was on a rise: new gardens sprang up like mushrooms and thousands of small farmers started growing tea. However, there was no one who would process the leaves and, inevitably, their price was falling rapidly. Within a couple of […]
Sikkim is a mountain state in north-east India bordering with Nepal in the west, Tibet in the north, Bhutan in the east and West Bengal in the south, where it’s almost literally a stone’s throw to Darjeeling. Sikkim is famous for its biodiversity: it has both subtropical climate and the climate of the Alps. Specifics […]
There are many tea contests in Taiwan. Some are more prestigious, some are less, some are trendsetters, some hardly keep pace. About twenty-five of them are widely acknowledged, but only one of them is a true legend: the Lugu Farmers’ Association Dong Ding Oolong Tea Competition that has taken place twice a year for over […]
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