Try this simple step by step process to discover a wonderful way to start the day.
1. Start the day slowly. Jumping out of the bed to start the day is very common, but we'd never expect our car to rev up cold, so why expect yourself to do this? Take it easy.
Observe how a cat [...]

Sunday morning, I made one of my favorite cookies - Hojicha cookies. Mellow roasted nut flavour of Hojicha(roasted Japanese green tea) goes well with cookies amazingly! They are very nice with a hot cup of tea(English breakfast, Assam, Ceylon, Earl Grey, Strawberry cream black). Strongly recommend this recipes if you like some special flavour of [...]

There is no end to the diversity of recipes for making your own chai. Brewing chai is fun and allows you to experiment until you get it 'just right' for your personal taste.
Chai is basically black tea brewed with selected spices and milk. Each ingredient adds subtle flavor changes and brewing methods vary widely. In [...]

Like its Pacific Rim neighbors, Japan, China, and Indochina, Korea is also a tea-drinking country with a rich ceremonial tea culture. Also like them, Korea owes its tea heritage to the enthusiasm and devotion of Buddhist monks who traveled the globe spreading the opportunity for enlightenment and the special alertness that tea contributes to the [...]

Anyone who has any interest at all in tea recognize the fascinating links between modern tea drinking and Ancient china. Tea is deeply woven into the history and culture of China. The beverage is considered one of the seven necessities of Chinese life, along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Recognized from [...]

Research has long shown the antioxidant properties and health benefits of drinking tea, but new findings suggest that tea may also have significant preventative properties against chronic disease.
Recent findings were discussed Wednesday at the Fifth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health in Washington, D.C.
"If there's anything that can confidently be communicated to the public [...]

Assam Tea in brief
Assam is a black tea named after the region of its production, Assam, in India. Assam is located in northeast India and lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma(Myanmar). Assam tea is manufactured specifically from the plant Camellia sinensis var. assamica. There are two major varieties [...]

Tea History
From Buddhist monks using it in their religious ceremonies to American revolutionaries tossing it in to Boston Harbor, tea has become more than a beverage; it has become an event. For nearly 5,000 years this drink has been a source of medicine, meditation, piracy, political upheaval, social order, congregation, and superstition. While the roles [...]

(Article from Hibiki-an, Japan)
Iced Tea Sencha is the perfect refreshing drink for a hot summer day, and this recipes are used by many Japanese.
There are three different ways to brew Iced tea Sencha. Each extracts the taste and constituents in a unique way. You can choose and enjoy brewing each way, considering the purpose or [...]

1. Sencha
This is the most commonly enjoyed variety of Japanese green tea in Japan. In general, sencha is green tinged with yellow and has a well-balanced green tinged with yellow and has a well-balanced combination of aroma, umami(flavour of the highest quality) and bitterness, providing you with a feeling of luxury that increases with the [...]