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Tea Regions of Japan

Tea Regions of Japan
Kyūshū is known throughout Japan for soft, cicada song summers and winters watched wistfully from the comfort of one of many onsen - natural hot springs which are prevalent throughout the island. 

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Tea Picking in Japan: A Teaseller’s Dream

Tea Picking in Japan: A Teaseller’s Dream
It would be a day to remember, a day of bonding through unique experience, a day of tea picking in Sayama. 

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Tea Regions of India

Tea Regions of India
Travel around India without leaving the comfort of your home with Char’s extensive selection of Indian teas available online!

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What are the Differences in Black Tea Types?

What are the Differences in Black Tea Types?

Typically, though not exclusively, a black tea’s name will refer to its origin of growth.   Indian Black Teas Darjeeling The tea variety Camellia Sinensis Sinensis – the Chinese variety of the plant – took well to the soil, humidity, and altitude offered by Darjeeling hills. However, the tea produced here seemed to obtain a different taste profile to the Chinese tea that people were familiar with – its non-astringency and floweriness was preserved from the Chinese plant, but the conditions in Darjeeling gave this tea a sweetness that had not been seen before in a black tea. Darjeeling tea...

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What is Irish Breakfast Tea?

What is Irish Breakfast Tea?

As spring starts to hedge into our periphery, the gardeners are collecting seeds so numerous they cannot possibly hope to sow them all, and Ireland celebrates its patron saint – St Patrick. In light of watching for signs of spring, preparing the garden, and being Irish myself, I find I am turning away from my winter favourite (Char’s comfortingly smoky Russian Caravan) and instead reaching for a familiar, strong brew to rejuvenate the energy I am now spending outside – Irish Breakfast tea.   But what exactly is Irish Breakfast tea?   I'd never really questioned it before I came...

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