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50 years of traditional tea shading with the Miyazaki family in Japan
Gyokuro - In the Asahina Valley of Shizuoka, Japan, the Miyazaki family have produced Gyokuro green tea for over fifty years. Together, Mr and Mrs Miyazaki hold centuries of family know-how on how best to tend to their tea bushes and, importantly, when to shade them and for how long.
Meet the producers behind our Gyokuro tea: The Miyazakis. We caught up with them to find out how the season has been for them and how they are inspiring future generations of tea professionals in Japan.
Meet Tea Master Shentang Wen who produces our Organic Dragon Well Supreme. Dragon Well is China’s most famous green tea.
Get to know what life is like living on Shuang Ji Niang, a remote mountain in China’s Phoenix range, with producer Yong Luo who makes our Phoenix Honey Orchid tea.
Japan is revered for its tea craft, with bold green teas and unique blends that are rich, grassy and full of umami, as well as being deeply aromatic. The highest quality examples of these teas are skilfully refined and use only the best leaves - carefully harvested and processed.
Talat Ahmed is a third-generation Assamese tea planter who has managed Orangajuli Garden for the past four decades. Surrounded by nature and wildlife, Talat finds his work in tea deeply fulfilling.
In this deep dive, we get to know our current batch of Phoenix Honey Orchid Oolong, a definitive example of the complex oolongs, known in Chinese as Dan Cong oolongs, from the mythic mountains of Guangdong province. We’ll explore what this batch is like to drink and how it compares to our other oolong teas, and I’ll share with you my favourite ways to enjoy this tea at home.