YUNOMI

Legendary farmer Sumida Keiko’s temomicha. Ranked 8th at National Tea Competition 2022. Yabukita Cultivar. Shizuoka. #raretea #tea #greentea #japanesetea https://www.instagram.com/p/Coby9b6rlD7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just reordered supply of salt pickled #sakura blossoms, freeze dried sakura petal flakes and freeze dried sakura petal powder from food distributor tomizawa Shoten. Yunomi.life/tomizawa Just a reminder: while “Sakura” is translated into “cherry blossom”, it does not have the flavor of cherry fruit. #japan #japanesefood #japanesecuisine https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn81vxwrpug/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Genmaicha… #greentea blended with toasted rice grains. It makes a deliciously nutty tea. The base is often large bancha leaves but in these cases spring sencha leaves from Kyoto were used. One is better than the other in that the leaves are younger and make finer needles, give the tea a sweeter flavor. But some like the astringency that comes with lower grade green tea. In that case there are a number of other options available at Yunomi.life #japanesetea #japanesefood #tea #yummy #oishii #genmaicha https://www.instagram.com/p/CmIy6XGrHpc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Kamairicha - literally pan roasted #tea, uses heating of raw leaf in a pan to stop oxidization (as opposed to steaming it). This is common in Chinese #greentea and not so common in #Japan though a small amount is made regularly in southern Japan. This one comes from award winning farm Kajihara Tea Garden in the mountains of #Kumamoto, and is a blend of Zairai (tea plants grown from the seed) as well as some okuyutaka and Yabukita cultivars. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClISVNKL6FF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@kamikatsu_teamate always so cool to see innovation in the tea industry. Daichi Hyakuno moved from Wakayama to the small village of Kamikatsu, Tokushima, and began selling the region’s famous folk tea, Awa Bancha…now he is experimenting with the roasting of Awa Bancha himself producing micro batches of tea with a delicate flavor profile… (we’ll get some for Yunomi soon!) #raretea #japanesetea #tealife #teapeople #teafarm #awabancha #kamikatsu #tokushima (at Kamikatsu-TeaMate) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj92W_GLjuF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Kayashita-san at @tea_farm_mitocha produces some of the most unique Japanese #tea I know, pan-firing, steaming, boiling and sun-drying them, incorporating processes from folk tea in remote mountain villages in #Japan. #explore #raretea Yunomi.life/mitocha https://www.instagram.com/p/CjMBT7DhBSQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Aracha - unrefined tea. Can you see how there are leaves of various sizes, stems, leaf bits, even clumps? All tea is aracha at some point. So it can be high grade Gyokuro or low grade bancha. This one specifically is a Kabusecha, a sencha shaded for around 2 weeks to create more umami flavor than unshaded sencha but less than Gyokuro. #tea #greentea #teafacts #teanerd #japanesetea #tealove #tealife #japan #japanesefood #learningtea #teaknowledge #greentealove #japanesetealove https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTq7RVPaQs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Handrolling is the art of sencha creation, studied still to this day in order to understand the machines that imitate each step in the 4-6 hour process. The best of the best handrolling experts create the finest sencha. But in general machines are better. The woman in the foreground is our very own Sugiyama Yachiyo - https://yunomi.life/kiyosawa though the tea we sell from Sugiyama-san is not this handrolled tea, it’s a fine Asamushi sencha. #japanesetea #tea #tealife #tealove #handrolling https://www.instagram.com/p/CiNYNq-L5Bt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The cutest little #matcha macron appeared at @amourtokyo the other day for my wedding #anniversary. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiINDnvrXta/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Competition grade #Gyokuro is the pinnacle of #Japanesetea. Award winning farmer @masahirokuma makes it look easy!! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch9i5CcrdXQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I am at a #French restaurant in the #Japanese Alps (#Nagano) and they are offering a sauté of these rare wild mushrooms The big one is akayama doritake (porcini related). Couldn’t catch the name of the others. #rarejapanesefood #foodie #mushrooms #raremushrooms https://www.instagram.com/p/ChTjrUuLhdt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another ultimate tea sampler!! https://www.instagram.com/p/ChJ3EfMro_F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A selection of tea for the Ultimate Tea Sampler https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg_H958rw9F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Five unique cultivars from the island of Tanegashima, in Kagoshima. Asanoka, nanmei, Saemidori, yumemidori and kuritawase. #sencha #greentea #raretea #teanerd https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4Pf52rluE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

1) Standard ceremonial grade 2) Standard ceremonial grade (organic) 3) Basic ceremonial grade (organic) #matcha #matchatasting #matchatea https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1KD5Hr1V5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Tasting a standard and basic ceremonial grade matcha. As Koicha the Usucha. Definitely No #koicha for basic level. Standard level….finger licking delicious…For those who can drink endless amounts of #matcha…amazing!!! Considering the small price difference and the huge quality difference between these levels… it makes me want to reconsider the line up. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1HkRgrWy5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another ultra rare #tea cultivar called Nanmei… https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg0_IAurQ-5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=