2021April

Good morning(♪ ^^ Tomorrow, May 1st (Saturday), is "Eighty-Eight Nights". The 88th day counting from the beginning of spring is called "Eighty-Eight Nights". There is a legend that "if you drink new tea picked on the eighty-eighth night, you will not get sick." Please try the new tea with excellent nutrition and taste!(*^-^*) LanguageThis page has been automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

Hello(^^) Today, I would like to introduce the tempura of new sprouts that can only be tasted during the new tea season!! ↓ ↓ ↓ Completed The new tea shoots are soft, with a refreshing bitterness and sweetness, and are very delicious. Tea can be eaten and tasted not only by drinking. It is a seasonal taste that can only be tasted at this time of year. Please try to taste LanguageThis ♪ page has been automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

On Friday, April 16th, the first trade fair of new tea was held at the JA Enshu Yumesaki Tea Industry Promotion Center. The business negotiation was concluded, and the sound of hand matching was resounding! In conjunction with the arrival of the new tea season, we set up a banner to promote Kikugawa tea in front of the city hall main office. The tea tree in front of the city hall is also growing new shoots. Please take a look when you pass by?(*^^) LanguageThis page has been automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

April ~Let's prevent lifestyle-related diseases with new tea~ Lifestyle-related diseases are caused by the accumulation of poor diet, smoking, lack of exercise, etc., and oxygen metabolism is no longer smooth, and some of them become "active oxygen" in the body. The catechins contained in tea have the function of preventing the formation of active oxygen species and eliminating the generated active oxygen. (Company)This page has been automatically translated from "10 Secrets of Tea that Must Be Known" published by Shizuoka Prefectural Tea Industry Office. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

On Friday, April 9, 18 members of the Ogasa Hand-Kneaded Tea Preservation Society made their first pick. I plucked about 6 kg of shoots. After that, the picked tea leaves are placed in a "seiro" and steamed with strong steam to turn them bright green. After steaming, start working on the "hoiro (drying table)"! It is called "leaf shaking". The tea leaves that have been warmed up on human skin are collected and rubbed while rotating. "Light rotation", "heavy rotation", "kneading and kneading" and step on the stairs. The hand-made tea made in this way becomes a long and thin tea like a needle. LanguageThis page was automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

At the new tea picking party the other day, I carefully hand-picked the tea buds and kneaded them into sencha tea! The entire process from "steaming" → "drying" takes about 7 hours. Unlike machine-made tea, it is characterized by being elongated like needles. Hand-kneaded tea has a deep and rich flavor that spreads the aroma of tea in your mouth. LanguageThis page was automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

On Saturday, April 3, a memorial service for Zen Master Eisai and the pioneers of the tea industry in Kikukawa City was held at Kikukawa Park. On the 2nd, we presented new tea hand-picked at the city's house tea garden and prayed for the prosperity of the tea industry this season and the end of the coronavirus infection. After that, a tea presentation ceremony for one year was held to kindergartens, nursery schools, and elementary and junior high schools in the city, and the catalog was handed over to the representative student. At the venue, tea presentation services by tea girls and unveiling products using Kikukawa tea developed by Japanese and Western confectionery shops in the city were also held. LanguageThis page was automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

On Friday, April 2, the first picking of new tea was held at the tea garden of Takao Miyagi in Kikukawa City. About 20 people, including the mayor of Kikukawa, JA Enshu Yumesaki staff, tea industry association officers, and Kikukawa tea girls, participated and hand-picked the soft and grown buds in the house. The tea leaves weighing less than 4 kilograms are made at the Kikukawa Tea Hand-Kneaded Preservation Society, and are offered to the Eisai Zen Master and Kikukawa City Tea Industry Pioneer Memorial Festival to be held on Saturday, April 3 to pray for the prosperity of the tea industry. LanguageThis page was automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.

Kikukawa tea and white chocolate sabre are sweets made with deep-steamed Kikukawa tea by Patisserie Es, a western confectionery shop in Kikukawa City. Mix the dough with powdered tea to make it taste more adult with fermented butter and rum... it's crisper and deeper than cookies. By baking slowly at low temperatures, the sweetness of the tea is made to stand out. It is coated with white chocolate to finish, and the sweetness of the chocolate and the slight bitterness of the tea go very well ♪ Please try it by all means. Because it is a chocolate product, the sale period is until around May. 【Business Day】 Thursday, Friday, Sometimes Saturday 11:00-16:00 Language This page has been automatically translated. Please note that it may differ from the original content.