Teas of Japan: Tea Tasting Package

This session took place at the HomePage Cafe on April 19, 2011. We started this discussion with a review of the Chajing writen by the Chinese scholar Lu Yu in the year 757 and the introduction of tea to Japan in 792. We then followed the evolution of tea through the centuries with an emphasis on the development of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. We then sampled several popular Japanese teas including: Bancha Genmai Cha Gyokuro Hoji Cha Sen Cha Fukamushi