Most Japanese drink green tea. Recently plastic bottle tea is popular. But brewed tea is best of all. Japan has a history of green tea. Drinking tea is not only culture but also art. Many people enjoy drinking tea various ways. In Shizuoka, some people cultivate green tea. Shizuoka is one of the most tea productions in Japan. And Shizuoka tea is a big name brands. Diverse brands are also in Shizuoka tea.
My great-grandfather began tea plantation. The whole family gathers at tae picking. In this year, I took part in tea picking. I had backache. Picking tea is difficult for me to select good leaves. Good tealeaves are fresh green and twisting. That is not easy why I saw it each and every.
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| Right is good tea leaf. Left is not good. |
This names the first tea of the season. So the first tea of the season is very good taste. There are little astringent taste and bitterness. There are many tastes as new leaves.
The first tea of the season is brewed unique way. It uses lower the boiling water. Boiling water or water is also useless. First put tealeaves two teaspoon in teapot. Second boiling water is once moved to a cup, is cooled, and is poured out (Temperature of hot water: 70~80 degrees centigrade). It extracts for about 40 seconds. There is good tea. Check here.
Hi, this is Yoshihiko
ReplyDeleteI have lived in Shizuoka for 3 years. That's why I love tea.
Tea have a lot of color.For example green, brown, yellow and so on. However I heard these teas make from some plant. Although they are making from the same plant, why their color is diffirent??
Hi, this is Kazumichi
DeleteThere are various kinds of green tea. These names are decided in harvesting order. And tea leaves have own coler. First tea is harvested the first ten days of May from the last ten days of April. My family's tea makes first tea(shintya). So its coler is green.
Hi,this is Satoaki.
ReplyDeleteYour blog ia very interesting! And I have two questions for you. First, what size your plantation? Second, when is the best season of harvesting a good tea leaf?
Hi, this is Kazumichi
DeleteFirst, tea plantation is not so big. About it's 700 tsubo. (=2,314.04 ㎡)
Socond, the best season is before golden week.
Hi, this is Ms. MacGregor. Your blog is very interesting and so is the homepage in English you linked us too. From your photo I could see the difference between good tea leaves and bad tea leaves. Your shincha is very very nice - thank you very much! Thanks to your blog, I could know how to make it well. I have a question: how many people gathered to pick tea leaves during GW this year? Your plantation sounds very big though you said it is not so big. Wow, it is a big plantation to take care of - how do you take care of the plantation?
ReplyDeleteAnd last, is your tea harvest finished for this year?