Our guests are Joelle Sambuc Bloise and Aldo Bloise, who are the co-founders of Ikkyu. Ikkyu is a unique tea company that sells high-quality Japanese tea based in the southern island of Kyushu. If you live outside of Japan, it is not easy to find reasonably priced high-quality Japanese tea...

Our guest is Daiki Tanaka who is the founder of d:matcha. d:matcha is a highly unique tea company located in the rural town of Wazuka, Kyoto. Wazuka has been known as a premium tea production area for the last 800 years. The landscape of Wazuka is stunningly beautiful but the...

Our guest is Randy Channell Soei who is a master tea practitioner from Canada. Randy went to Japan 37 years ago to study martial arts. His goal was achieved and he gained proficiency in various styles of martial arts, including Kendo, Iaido, and Kyudo. But somehow, his focus shifted to...

Our guest is Zach Mangan who is the co-founder of Kettl, the Japanese tea importer and distributor based in Fukuoka, Japan and New York. Zach joined us in Episode 44 and talked about his love and passion for Japanese tea. Now, six years later, Zach has lots of updates to...

Cold winter days call for a warm cup of tea! Listen to conversations ranging from green tea and boba to culture and identity.

Ryo Iwamoto, the founder of TeaRoom joins Japan Eats! to talk about the beautiful sensory experience that tea can provide.

It’s a little known fact that in the nineteenth century, Americans favored green teas consumed hot with milk and sugar. The teas were imported from China until Japan developed an export industry centered on the U.S. Author Robert Hellyer explores the forgotten American preference and traces the trans-Pacific tea trade...

Our guest is Don Mei who is the Director of Mei Leaf, an awesome tea company based in London. Don also has a wonderful YouTube Channel called “Mei Leaf”, which has 80,000 subscribers. His videos are extremely educational and uniquely fun based on his extensive knowledge of both Chinese and...

Our guest today is Ian Chun who is the owner of Japanese online tea shop and community Yunomi.life. The website is not just selling tea but highly inspirational and educational about Japanese tea and the underlying unique Japanese culture. For example, you can meet tea producers on the designated webpage...

by Micaela Heck Many people are familiar with Japan’s tradition of tea, and maybe even with the famed Japanese Tea Ceremony itself. But what might surprise you, is just how vast Japan’s home-grown selection of tea really is. The country’s hundreds of varieties of tea can vary on multiple levels—from...