Matcha Parfait

Today in Japan, a matcha parfait which is one of desserts using matcha powder is becoming very popular.  So,I went to the cafe “IYEMON SALON” which is run by Suntory , famous for their product ” Iyemon Cha bottled tea “. 

I ate pretty gorgeous parfait whose price was 930yen.

IYEMON Parfait

 And when you order tea ,Tea and Houhin-teapot come and you make tea yourself.

Houhin and Tea

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Genuine Uji Tea

Today Uji tea is well known as a luxury brand from famous tea- producing area. That is believed to date from over all those years ago.

In 1911, the Sung dynasties, Eisai who was a master of Zen brought back tea seeds to Japanese from China and taught Japanese people about matcha tea ceremony technique. In1207, saint Myoue in Madarao kozanji temple, Kyoto sowed the seeds inherited from Eisai in the field of Uji, which was that the origin of Uji tea. In Muromachi period, the Ashikaga shogunate encouraged the people to grow Uji tea, which spread the brand name and how wonderful Uji tea is.

Uji tea is the Japanese traditional tea that produced in the south of Kyoto. And also Uji tea is defined as that 100 percent of tea leaves are produced in Kyoto. Additionally, the following tea also can be called Uji tea. It is that over 50 percent of the tea leaves is produced in Kyoto and blended with the tea leaves produced in Shiga, Nara, and Mie of Kansai region.

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Beauty and the Japanese Tea

Japanese green tea has the effects for beautiful skin and anti-aging. Vitamin A, C, and E that green tea abundantly contains keep your skin beautiful and forestall aging.

Most of effects for beautiful skin are made by working of vitamin A and C. Vitamin A makes mucous membranes such as the skin, noses, and throats strong, and improves the immunity. Immunity acquired by vitamin A controls breeding of the acne bacterium that causes acne, and it is effective against the troubles of the skins such as a dry skin and psoriasis also.

Vitamin C is known to an element required for the synthesis of collagen which has a cosmetic advantage. Vitamin C helps the generation of collagen, and brings the skin’s suppleness. Moreover, it is effective to change a black melanin into the reduced melanin and to combat freckles , and to decrease cholesterol.

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Matcha Flavored Chocolates

Now it is season of Shincha, the first harvest of Japanese tea. In this season, not only Japanese tea market is prospering, but also chocolates and candy bar market. When I went to convenient store near my home, I found various kinds of Matcha flavored chocolates. Japanese people really love Matcha flavor!

Matcha Flavored Chocolates...Yum!

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Took a Video of Matcha Tea

Last Sunday,I met my friend Shige and his wife Yoshiko to learn about how to prepare matcha tea from her.

Yoshiko is currently studying Japanese tea ceremony called “Sado” or “Cha-no-yu “.
Of course she knows how to prepare tasty matcha tea.

She is great teacher.

There are two types of preparation of matcha tea: koicha (“thick tea”) and usucha (“thin tea”).
May be usucha is more popular than koicha.

She taught me both.

Shige took a video of “how to prepare matcha tea” and Toku and me are editing it now.

We will upload  this video after open AKIBA MART  ! Please wait!

Be that as it may,
Shige and Yoshiko !  Thanks a lot for helping me !
Love you always !

If you want to know how to prepare tasty matcha tea now, please refer this page “How To Prepare Matcha”.

usucha

koicha

DAI-SEIKOU!! (Big success!!) Yoshiko and Shige and me

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