My Japanese Green Tea: Recent Episodes
Ricardo Caicedo: tea blogger specializing in Japanese teas
The post Podcast 055: Tea Vendor first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I’ve known Salvador Sosa for many years.
We finally managed to record this podcast, where we talk about Tea Vendor.
Perhaps you know this tea company by its previous name: International Tea Importers.
It was founded by Devan Shah more than 30 years ago.
I hope that you enjoy this episode. I certainly did.
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The post Podcast 054: Tezumi first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.While I have reviewed teas from Tezumi before, I didn’t know much about them. In this episode I interview David Lavecchia, who is one of the three co-founders. David is...
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The post Podcast 053: The Kamikatsu Awa Bancha Association first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I was recently contacted by Kanji Nakata from the Kamikatsu Awa Bancha Association. His English is quite good, so we decided to record this podcast episode. We talk about Awa...
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The post Podcast 052: Steeped first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.A while ago I was contacted by Tristan Otto, the co-founder of Steeped. I didn’t know that this app existed, so I talked with Tristan to learn more about it....
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The post Podcast 051: Osadaen first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview James Johnson from Osadaen. We talk about their different teas, for example the dark tea yamabuki nadeshiko. This tea company led by Osada Natsumi is...
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The post Podcast 050: Matcha Kanaya first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I was contacted by a new online tea store: Matcha Kanaya. Osami Ogai and the owner Tsutomu Sugiyama tell us about Shimada city in Shizuoka prefecture, their matcha, and how...
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The post Podcast 049: Tea Ceremony Online Course first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I talk with Tyas Sosen about his 6 week tea ceremony intensive course. At the end of the course, you will be able to perform a basic...
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The post Podcast 048: Matcha Moto first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Nicholas Leo, the founder of Matcha Moto. This store offers ceremonial grade matcha at an affordable price. I’m interested in trying it. I’ll post the...
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The post Podcast 047: Professional Japanese Tea Tasting first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Oscar Brekell. He explains how professional tea tasting is done in Japan and why its goal is not the same as that of a tasting...
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The post Podcast 046: Tea and Water first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Michael Hemling, a tea and water sommelier. I didn’t know that there was so much variety in the world of fine water. But the best...
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The post Podcast 045: Japanese Tea Cultivars with Noli Ergas first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I had been wanting to record a podcast about Japanese tea cultivars for a long time. My chance finally came after speaking with Noli Ergas from Sugimoto Tea. Why should...
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The post Podcast 044: Wakoen first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interviewed Daisuke Horiguchi and Kyle Ketner of Wakoen. I was surprised by how much information they had to share. We talk about the history of the...
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The post Podcast 043: Ikkyu first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Joelle and Aldo Bloise from Ikkyu. Ikkyu is an online store that sells Japanese tea from Kyushu, one of the main islands of Japan. It...
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The post Podcast 042: Tyas Sosen Talks About his Latest Book first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Tyas Sōsen of The Tea Crane. He’s been on this podcast several times before. We talk about his book: The Story of Japanese Tea. The...
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The post Podcast 041: Tea Events with Elyse Petersen first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode, Elyse Petersen of Tealet shares her experience with organizing tea events. She recently wrote a related article on T Ching. Tea events are the key to spreading...
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The post Podcast 040: Oscar Brekell Talks About The Book of Japanese Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I reviewed The Book of Japanese Tea some time ago. It’s my favorite book about Japanese tea so far. In this podcast episode Oscar Brekell tells us about how this...
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The post Podcast 039: DoMatcha first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I’ve reviewed teas from DoMatcha before, they have all been very good. But I hadn’t recorded a podcast episode about this company until now. In this episode I interview John...
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The post Podcast 038: Mizuba Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I had heard about Mizuba Tea many times before, but I hadn’t talked with its founder Lauren Danson until now. Mizuba Tea specializes in matcha. Naturally, we talk a lot...
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The post Podcast 037: The Tea Crane Kickstarter first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Tyas Sōsen from The Tea Crane has been working on a new tea project. In this podcast we talk about his Kickstarter campaign, organic and natural teas in Japan, how...
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The post Podcast 036: Pairing Green Tea with Cheese first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I talk with Robert Wemischner, the author of Cooking with Tea, about pairing green tea with cheese. Robert is very knowledgeable about tea pairings, I attended one...
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The post Podcast 035: Rishouen Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I had met Elsa Derrez and Naoki Kagata of Rishouen Tea a while ago, when I visited the company in Uji. Click here to read the post I wrote about...
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The post Podcast 034: Oscar Brekell first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I first met Oscar Brekell in Japan at last year’s Uji press tea tour. At that time, I didn’t know that I was speaking to a famous tea personality in...
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The post Podcast 033: 3 Leaf Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.3 Leaf Tea specializes in matcha. The company sells online, and also in their physical store and café in Auburn, NY. In this episode I speak with Luciana Torous, the...
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The post Podcast 032: The State of the Matcha Market in the US first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I talk with Noli Ergas of Sugimoto America about the matcha market in the United States. Among the topics covered are: the current trend regarding demand of...
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The post Podcast 031: Japanese Green Tea In first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Kei Nishida, the founder of Japanese Green Tea In. This online store sells Japanese tea in the US, which they source from Arahataen Green Tea...
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The post Podcast 030: Sharp Tea-Ceré first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I first saw the Tea-Ceré at the 2015 World Tea Expo in Long Beach. It’s a wonderful concept. Imagine adding tencha leaves and quickly obtaining a matcha that has been...
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The post Podcast 029: Chaos Theory Ceramics first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I learned about Chaos Theory Ceramics through Twitter. They have beautiful pictures of tea cups that immediately caught my attention. In this episode we talk about Jian ware. Since the...
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The post Podcast 028: The Tea Crane first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Once again I interview Tyas Huybrechts, who recently started his own online tea store: The Tea Crane. He focuses on premium Japanese teas, many of which are either organic or...
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The post Podcast 027: Kanes Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this interview I speak with Naomi Komatsu (executive director) and Yusuke Ikegaya (translator) of Kanes Tea. This Japanese tea company is starting to sell its products abroad. It offers...
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The post Podcast 026: Teforia first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.There’s been a lot of excitement in the tea world regarding the Teforia infuser. I haven’t seen it in action yet, but I managed to land this interview with Allen...
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The post Podcast 025: Cooking With Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview Robert Wemischner, author of Cooking with Tea. Robert is a pastry chef and a culinary educator. His vast knowledge of using tea as an ingredient...
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The post Podcast 024: Den’s Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Den’s Tea is a tea company from California that sells Japanese tea. In this episode I interview Den Shirakata, a third-generation tea merchant and owner of Den’s Tea. We talk...
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The post Podcast 023: Compounds in Japanese Powdered Teas first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Noli Ergas from Sugimoto America tells us the results from the analysis of their powdered teas: high and low grade matcha, houjicha powder and genmaicha powder. How much calories, caffeine,...
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The post Podcast 022: Urasenke School of The Japanese Tea Ceremony first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.The Urasenke school of the tea Japanese tea ceremony is the most popular, in terms of number of members. To learn more about it, I interviewed Reina Sakao of Sakao...
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The post Podcast 021: The Enshu School of The Japanese Tea Ceremony first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.The Enshu school of the Japanese tea ceremony isn’t very well known, but I find it intriguing because it was founded by a feudal lord and hence it is a...
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The post Podcast 020: Cha Doraku first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Have you ever seen a Japanese green tea with an extra step of oxidation? Neither had I until I heard about bihakkou (微発酵, slight withering), also called ichou (萎凋) green...
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The post Podcast 019: Qterra NOVO Travel Tea Brewer first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I talk with Pierre Baston, the inventor of the Qterra NOVO travel tea brewer. Imagine being able to brew multiple steepings of your favorite tea on the...
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The post Podcast 018: Tealet first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Elyse Petersen is well known in the tea industry. She is the founder of Tealet, a tea company that aims to narrow the gap between tea producers and tea drinkers...
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The post Podcast 017: Aiya America first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In this episode I interview James Oliveira of Aiya America. Aiya is the largest producer of matcha in the world. I first met James at the World Tea Expo, he...
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The post Podcast 016: Japanese Tea Cultivars first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.This is the first time that I record a joint podcast with a fellow podcaster: TJ Williamson from the World Tea Podcast. The same audio file will be published on...
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The post Podcast 015: Tea Culture in the UK first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.For people like me that have never experienced tea culture in the United Kingdom, this episode will be a good introduction. I talked with Kyle Whittington of Whittington’s Tea Emporium...
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The post Podcast 014: Sugimoto America first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Sugimoto America is a subsidiary of Sugimoto Seicha, a very old Japanese tea company. I interviewed Noli Ergas and he shared a good amount of information regarding the company and...
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The post Podcast 013: Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.This episode is a little different from the others, because one of the interviewees is speaking in Japanese! Simona Zavadckyte and Akihiro Kita (aka Akky) from Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms...
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The post Podcast 012: Organic Certification in Japan first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Did you know that Japan has it’s own organic certification for tea? To shed some light on the subject, I interviewed Ian Chun from Yunomi, a marketplace for Japanese teas....
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The post Podcast 011: Whittington’s Tea Emporium first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Have you ever thought about buying your favorite teas from different brands on the same store? This is the idea behind Whittington’s Tea Emporium, an online tea store that offers...
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The post Podcast 010: Boston Teawrights first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Have you ever wanted to process raw leaves in your kitchen, in order to make your own tea? If so, you’re in luck, because Caleb Hodes of Boston Teawrights will...
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The post Podcast 009: Breakaway Matcha first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Unlike most online tea stores, Breakaway Matcha only sells one type of tea. I had a good time interviewing Eric Gower. He lived in Japan for many years and is...
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The post Podcast 008: Tea Horse first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Tea Horse is a British online tea store that sells a variety of loose leaf tea. This is the first time that I feature a tea company from the United...
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The post Podcast 007: Tea for me please first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.In a sense, Nicole Martin is my tea blogging mentor. She helped me out with some questions I had when I started this blog, and she is also active in...
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The post Podcast 006: Mellow Monk first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.Mellow Monk is an online tea company that sells Japanese teas from the Kumamoto prefecture. I interviewed Paul Kotta, Mellow Monk’s founder, who personally meets and buys from artisans that...
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The post Podcast 005: Sakao Enterprise first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I first met Reina Sakao on Google+, she’s active in the the Japanese Tea Community. She posts beautiful pictures of teaware there, so I encourage you to join. It’s a...
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The post Podcast 004: Everyone’s Tea first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.I asked Kohei Yamamoto for an interview because I like his tea blog, and he offers very good teaware in his online shop. He also knows a lot about the...
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The post Podcast 003: Boutique Teas first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.This episode’s guest is Tiffany Williams, owner of Boutique Teas. It was fun talking with Tiffany because she also lived in Japan and is a green tea lover too. Boutique...
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The post Podcast 002: Yunomi.us first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.This time I’m interviewing Ian Chun from Yunomi.us. Since Yunomi.us specializes in Japanese tea, it’s a great match for the blog. Ian was in Japan while I interviewed him, sometimes...
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The post Podcast 001: The Persimmon Tree Tea Company first appeared on My Japanese Green Tea.This is my first podcast! Although I’m not that good at speaking English, I think I’m getting the hang of it. I’ve decided to interview tea companies in the podcasts...
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