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 fresher the tea, the better, bolder and richer… or is it? Let us introduce you to the world of aged tea – they are little known but surprisingly tasty. How does taste change when tea ages? What processes do take place in the tea leaves? And what is the best way to preserve aged […]
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 few times already and now again, we bought the excellent tea from a small farming community in Assam. Despite the rigid habits in the tea business in India, they have started and sustained their own small production. The teas are great and the idea as well. And we support it! Latumoni Tea Garden in Assam […]
We have been looking at his things with admiration for a long time and now they are finally in our offer – wood-fired pottery by Jura Lang! I have worked with clay since 2005. At the beginning I made figurative statues. In 2010, I began throwing on a wheel in the ceramics centre in Koněšín. Here, I met […]
We are often asked about the green Korean teas we offer. What is the difference between them? What makes them special compared with other green teas? Why are they so expensive? In this review, we will introduce these teas to you and answer the questions we get the most frequently. What is Nokcha and when it is […]
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, […]
Masterpieces from the anagama kiln by Taiwanese artist Zhang Gu Zhi have their own unique character. At first glance, the rough, unpolished and robust pieces hide the beauty and elegance that we will discover when we examine them in more detail. Then we find many small details and small beauties, original reflections and metallic or […]
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 […]
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