Kei Nishida's Blog, page 14

Best Article of the Year 2022 - Voted by you!

The vote of the year for the blog articles was amazingly popular, and thank you so, so much for all your votes and the nice comments you sent me about blogs and videos! 

I feel so proud and honored to be creating these tea-related articles and videos you love (or dislike - see below). 

This is the motivation for us to create better content. 
 
Thank you so much!
 
It’s funny that no one (except very few) liked Japanese Green Tea vs. Peruvian Tea with my experience in Peru, haha.🥲  Oh well! 💪
 
So, drum ...

How To Make Tea Bag Out Of Loose Leaf Tea For A Delicious, Relaxing Brew

Making tea is a delicious, relaxing experience that people of all ages can enjoy. It is easier when using tea bags, but why do your tea bags when you can buy ready-made ones at the grocery? Well, it is because many standard teabags contain low-quality tea leaves. Worse, manufacturers put tea dust, or tea remains on the tea bags. Making tea bags containing loose tea leaves or other flowers you like is a simple process that can be done with just a few ingredients. In this post, we will show you ab...

5 Ways To Drink Tea To Detoxify Your Body

It's always relaxing and refreshing to drink tea early in the morning, late afternoon, or any time you need a boost from stress and a hectic schedule. Its antioxidant properties detoxify the body, getting rid of harmful free radicals to promote overall health and wellness. Also, it’s believed that regularly drinking tea can reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

In this post, you'll learn the different ways to drink tea to help detoxify your body. 

What Is Tea?

Tea is a popu...

Introducing Eco-Friendly Resealable Package for Hojicha, Genmaicha and Genmai Matcha

We are happy to announce the new eco-friendly resealable package for our popular Hojicha, Genmiacha, and Genmai Matcha Loose Leaf Tea!

The modern and clean design looks good together on your kitchen counter (or cabinet). Don't you think?

The resealable package which we introduced when we designed Nozomi and Gokuzyo Aracha was quite popular among our customers, so we kept the same on these three products. 

When you seal them, try to squeeze as much air out to retain your tea fresher. It is airtigh...

Everything You Need to Know about Genmaicha (玄米茶)

How to Make Genmaicha Tea At Home How Do You Store Genmaicha Green Tea? Why Do People Love Drinking Green Genmaicha? FAQ  What is Genmaicha?What is in Genmaicha teaWhat else is Genmaicha called?Why would people add rice to green tea?What does Genmaicha taste like?What does Genmaicha pair with?What are the varieties of Genmaicha?How is Genmaicha made?How long should you steep Genmaicha?How many times can you brew Genmaicha?What is Genmaicha good for?How much caffeine is in Gen...

Japan’s Greatest Culinary Combo: Green Tea With Rice

Nowadays, people put Japanese green tea into almost everything. Just a few of the more unique green tea combos include green tea alcoholic beverages, green tea fudge bars, and, of course, the ever popular green tea Kit Kats. However, there’s one green tea combination that’s been a standard in Japanese cuisine for centuries. We’re talking about green tea-rice. Although many Westerners might not have heard about this combination, green tea-rice recipes are abound in the “Land of the Rising Sun.” I...

How to Make A Hojicha Oat Milk Latte

Hojicha Oat Milk Latte

Iced oat milk latte with Hojicha (Japanese roasted tea) Loose Leaf or powder Tea

Ingredients:

½ cup of ice ¾ cup of oat milk 2 teaspoons of Hojicha Powder (To make hojicha powder from loose leaf, see below) ¼ cup of cold filtered water 1 tablespoon of maple syrup (optional)

Directions:

Put ice in a tall glass.Add the oat milk.Optional: Gently stir in maple syrup.In a separate bowl, mix the Hojicha powder with the cold filtered water, then whisk until com...

Introducing - Matcha Truffle Chocolate! Autumn & Winter Time Limited Product from.. guess where?

I’m super excited to share this news with you.
 
We now have Truffle Matcha Chocolate for a limited time!
 
And guess where this is from?
 
The heart of the world cuisine – France and Japan.  : )

Let me tell you more about this.
 
My friend, Valentine, from Kumiko Matcha in France, let me try this Truffle Matcha, and I just fell in love with it.
 
I asked him if we could bring it outside France for the first time, and he said yes!
 
So here you are, be the very first to try this out in the USA and the world...

How to Brew Tasty Japanese Green Tea

 

How to Brew Tasty Japanese Green Tea

Japanese green tea can be brewed in a number of ways. In this article, we will go over the Simple Way and the Advanced Way of brewing tasty green tea.

As you know, Japanese green tea can be categorized into two major types. Sencha and Matcha (See this article for the details about the differences), so we have segmented this article into two parts. Enjoy!

[image error] [image error] Part 1: How to Brew Tasty Sencha  Part 1: How to Brew Tasty SenchaWatch the videoHow to Bre...

Introducing New Matcha Paper Tube - Choose Eco-Friendly

I have some hot news today that I want to share with you. We have been working on this since spring. 
 
We have a brand new paper package for our most popular award-winning matcha! 
 
What do you think? Isn’t it awesome?

This means a lot to us, you know why? 
 
We now completely let go of all our tin can packages to be eco-friendly.
 
It means a lot to me to be good to the environment.
 
Did you know tin cans are bad for the environment? I wrote a whole blog about it here if you want to know more…
 
We als...