Category: Japanese

Sencha and Mochi

Sencha in yunomi, a typical Japanese thick, tall teacup, whose name I’ve yet to find out, accompanied by a matcha mochi, whose fillings include: satsuma sweet potato, red bean paste, orange juice and walnuts. (Thanks Masaaki for telling me the…

Genmaicha

Green tea mixed with roasted brown rice (genmai). Of the 6-7 types of tea offered at Ippuku, except for sencha and matcha, I had no idea what is what, so I just randomly pointed at genmaicha. Its color: a beautiful…

Wednesday 15/02 – Green tea

My second meeting with TeaCal. Today we try 3 kinds of green tea, none of which require washing because they are too sensitive, the steeping time is also much shorter than for white tea. 1. Bi Luo Chun (“green snail…