
Cooling Greens: Everyday Shincha
The next two months will be peak Summer heat for most of us. There are no better conditions for enjoying refreshing green teas ...we suspect we wi...
Read moreSpring and early summer is a thrilling time for Cultivate, as shipments of fresh harvests continue to arrive from China and Japan. Look at what we...
Read moreOur seasonal exploration of Sencha continues with new arrivals from the catalogue of Maruhachi Tea Factory. Our first sencha is from the Higash...
Read moreThe heat of the sun is reaching us, and we would like to share one of our favourite ways to cool down with you: Whisked Yamabuki matcha poured over...
Read moreYakushima 屋久岛 is a small island off of Kagoshima, in southern Japan. It is a World Heritage Site, and well known as home to an ancient forest that...
Read more“Hojicha” refers to any type of Japanese tea that has been roasted. Most people don’t know that sencha and bancha are the raw materials for making ...
Read moreThrough the trust of my tea mentor in Beijing I was able to acquire the contact for a woman who lives in Anji, and who is known to make the fines...
Read moreYellow teas have been prized as Tribute Teas, and favored by emperors, for over a thousand years. Crafting yellow tea requires an intense amount of...
Read moreA recently published "Forbidden City Tribute Tea Collection" catalogs 50 kinds of Tribute Teas from 11 provinces in the Qing Dynasty. For the firs...
Read moreTribute Teas (贡茶 gong cha) represent the highest level of teas historically: they are dedicated to royal families and their ancestral lineage, and ...
Read moreFor the majority of the year, when we taste tea we are tasting the effects of time and the craftsmanship behind a tea’s capacity to be aged. The ...
Read moreCedar Isle Farm is a small, family-run farm in Seabird Isle in Agassiz, BC. It is the passion project of Yoshi, Jim, Diane, and their dog Bell...
Read moreDuring the course of our three-month collaboration with Vancouver-based ceramicist, Wei Cheng, we visited her tucked-away studio in East Vancouver...
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