Introducing Stephen, our new intern!
Stephen, from New York, will be staying with us for 3 months learning about tea farming and farming in Japan!!
Welcome! Yokoso! Stephen!
Stephen actually visited us once in late April when we had our tea picking event, and he seems to have fallen in love with tea farming. We hope to whip him up into a amazing American tea farmer!
Whithering Japanese black tea
Ayumi: This morning, i am withering the last batch of Our Japanese black tea.
New tea leaves appearing!
New tea leaf buds are just starting to appear at the kinezuka’s tea farm. Ayumi-san writes (loosely translated by Ian): “The leaves are starting to grow day by day. Rain due tomorrow so it should jump in growth. In recent years we have had late frost that threatened to damage the tea leaves, but the weather seems to be cooperating this year. I hope we’ll have a shincha harvest without any problems!”
Shincha Update 4/1
New tea leaf buds are just starting to appear at the kinezuka’s tea farm. Ayumi-san writes (loosely translated by Ian): “The leaves are starting to grow day by day. Rain due tomorrow so it should jump in growth. In recent years we have had late frost that threatened to damage the tea leaves, but the weather seems to be cooperating this year. I hope we’ll have a shincha harvest without any problems!”