Ya-Ya’s Tea-Board

When our shipment of shincha (Japanese for “new tea”) arrived yesterday, we couldn’t wait to sit down and have an extended tasting. Our 2007 senchas were harvested between May 13th and 20th and flown to us in New Zealand directly after processing to ensure maximum freshness.
Along with the order of two senchas and a genmaicha […]

Last weekend, I finally had some time to sit down and do a proper tasting of the two 2007 Darjeeling 1st flushes we decided to offer this year. While I was writing this post, I resolved to regularly post my tasting notes of some of the tastings here on our blog to share my impressions […]