Japanese Green Tea

• This Month's Tea - Tasting Sets
• [Recommended] - Konacha (Limited/ Now Available)
• Shincha News Flash! (Around April 4)
• [Mother's Day Gifts] How About Hibiki-an's Gifts?
• [New & Limited] Yunomi and Kyusu (Spring and Summer)
• [New] YOHKAN (sweet bean jelly)

Dear Sir and Madam,

We at Hibiki-an THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your continued patronage and support. We are pleased to offer useful information for your healthy life and continued enjoyment of Japanese green tea. In this issue, we talk about 'This Month's Tea - Tasting Sets'.

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This Month's Tea - Tasting Sets

We would like you to rediscover the value of our Tasting Set items for monthly recommendation. Our tasting sets feature our most popular items and are all excellent values. They are ideal for those who would like to try a taste test to learn which is their favorite tea, or who would like to enjoy less quantity of some kinds of tea. These tea set items are especially perfect for those who are new to green tea to learn the differences between each type of tea.

"What is Tasting Set?" page: click here

Recommended - Konacha

We arranged three Konacha teas. They are the limited edition of 600 packages only available this early spring season.

[Limited] Gyokuro Konacha Super Premium (100g/3.53oz): US$19.00 Gyokuro Konacha Super Premium is an excellent value. Because it is made from the specks and tiny tea leaves of only the highest quality Gyokuro, such as Gyokuro Pinnacle, Super Premium, Kuradashi Gyokuro Pinnacle, and Super Premium, you can have the finest quality for a fraction of the cost...

[Limited] Gyokuro Konacha (200g/7.05oz): US$27.00 Made from premium Gyokuro specks and tiny tea leaves, Gyokuro Konacha has a unique and delicately sweet flavor. Gyokuro Konacha is an excellent value. Because it is made from the specks and tiny tea leaves of only high quality Gyokuro...

[Limited] Sencha Konacha (200g/7.05oz): US$19.00 Made from premium Sencha specks and tiny tea leaves, Sencha Konacha has a unique and delicately sweet flavor. Sencha Konacha is an excellent value. Because it is made from the specks and tiny tea leaves of only high quality Sencha...

"What is Konacha?" page: click here

Are you enjoying your green moments? Hibiki-an encourages those who love to drink green tea. If you have any requests or questions regarding our teas or services, please don't hesitate to contact us. We sincerely hope that you enjoy genuine Hibiki-an Japanese green tea direct to you from Kyoto, Japan.

Sincerely yours,

Atsushi Yasui

Shincha News Flash! (Around April 4)

We have been following the green tea sprouts from early spring when the tea trees put out their first new buds to the harvest of Shincha, the first tea of the year. Now, we bring you the latest breaking news and information from Hibiki-an's tea farm in Ujitawara in Kyoto!

Around April 4:

cherry blossoms started to bloom in Ujitawara. This is as of April 4, 2014	Pure, calm and clear brooks run in and around our tea farms
	Tea sprouts as of April 4, 2014	Camellia petals fallen by yesterday's rain. Spring flowers will fully place by winter or early spring flowers soon.

This is cherry blossom season in Japan. The beautiful pink blossoms can be seen at parks which are filled with so many cherry trees, as well as scattered throughout famous temples and shrines. Kyoto's cherry blossoms started to bloom a few days ago. We took photos of the cherry trees at our tea farm. The cherry blossoms at our farm in the lush valley surrounded by mountains will soon be in full bloom. It is almost same as usual, about a week later than last year.

Many brooks run in and around our tea farms. All of them are pure, calm and clear. As you may know, high grade and quality tea grows in mountainous regions, specifically in lush valleys surrounded by mountains. Our tea farms are located upstream in the mountains, so all of the brooks in and around our tea farms are quite clean, pure and untouched as they come straight out from the mountain rocks and earth. Mist is another geographical feature essential for growing high grade and quality tea. These brooks and the difference in temperatures between day and night work to create mist, which keeps the air and earth moist and perfect for growing green tea.

We had severe weather this winter and relatively cold temperatures in March. Then at the beginning of April, the weather in Kyoto gradually turned warm. Judging from the tea sprout growth and weather in the last few weeks, this year's harvest will likely come same as usual year, like the cherry blossoms. Tea sprout growth often mirrors the blooming of the cherry trees. If the cherry trees bloom late, the tea harvest will be late too. It is about four weeks or more until the Shincha harvest.

Shincha teas:
Shincha (the first tea of the year) is harvested starting at the beginning of May in Kyoto. We are planning to sell some limited edition Shincha teas only available this Shincha harvest season. Celebrate our first tea harvest of the year with Hibiki-an's Shincha and enjoy the remarkable fresh flavor, which can only be experienced once every year! Please wait and see!

What is Shincha?: click here

[Mother's Day Gifts] How About Hibiki-an's Gifts?

Have you chosen a Mother's Day gift? In Japan, green tea is often presented as a gift because it symbolizes a wish of good health and longevity. This tradition of giving green tea as a gift is as popular today as it has been throughout history. We give the gift of green tea for good health and long life of friends, family, and loved ones. A gift of genuine Japanese tea would make a perfect gift this Mother's Day.

"Celebration Gifts in Japan" page: click here

[New & Limited] Yunomi and Kyusu (Spring and Summer)

We have arranged for 9 limited edition and 4 new tea ware items. The 9 limited edition items are all available only this spring and summer season. The new and limited edition tea ware includes Yunomi (teacups), HOHIN (Teapot) set, and SAMI (Tea spoon). New and limited edition Matcha Bowls will be informed separately soon.

[New] SEIKAIHA Hohin Set (handcrafted Tea Set): US$128.00 Hohin is a type of Kyusu teapot without a handle and is used to brew only the highest grade of Uji tea. The design drawn is one of the most traditional and beautiful designs, called "Seikaiha"...

[Limited] GEKKA BIJIN (handcrafted teacup: 225ml): US$106.00 GEKKA BIJIN means Selenicereus flower, also translated as Queen of the Night. The flower is painted elegantly, vividly, and intrepidly on the inside of this Yunomi. Tohan Kiln's unique works are highly appreciated and viewed with awe... (Pair: click below) [Limted] TOHAN - pair (GEKKA BIJIN / FUYOH): US$199.00

[Limited] ORIBE FUYOH (handcrafted teacup: 225ml): US$106.00 FUYOH is one type of lotus flower, which is painted elegantly, vividly, and intrepidly inside of this teacup. Tohan Kiln's unique works are sustained by high level pottery and drawing techniques and various original elegant color glazes in over three hundred colors... (Pair: click below) [Limted] TOHAN - pair (GEKKA BIJIN / FUYOH): US$199.00

[Limited] HANA KIKOH - Pair (FUJI / AJISAI): US$98.00 FUJI Japanese wisteria and AJISAI hydrangea, well-loved symbols of the spring and summer season in Japan, are each painted elegantly on the surface. This is a multi-use cup suitable for use as a tea cup as well as a matcha bowl... (Single: click below) [Limted] HANA KIKOH - FUJI (handcrafted Multi-cup:180ml): US$57.00 [Limted] HANA KIKOH - AJISAI (handcrafted Multi-cup:180ml): US$57.00

[Limited] SHIZUKU no Yunomi (handcrafted Multi-cup: pair): US$78.00 This Yunomi creates a unique pleasant cooling sensation which is brought by Mr. Takemura's specialty, ash glaze. SHIZUKU of this name means drip in Japanese. To consider the value of this work, the price is quite reasonable...

[New]IROE NEJI KOMON (handcrafted Teacup: 150ml): US$212.00 IROE of this name means colored paint, NEJI means twisting, and KOMON means traditional patterns. The S-curve lines carved from middle to base, which are quite beautiful, seem to twist around the Yunomi... (Pair: click below) [New] IROE - pair (NEJI KOMON / SHIPPOH): US$368.00

[New]IROE OBI SHIPPOH (handcrafted Teacup: 125ml): US$212.00 IROE of this name means colored paint, and SHIPPOH means "seven treasures" which is a traditional Japanese auspicious pattern. Auspicious patterns, and SANSUI traditional landscape paintings are painted on twelve aspects on middle to base on side... (Pair: click below) [New] IROE - pair (NEJI KOMON / SHIPPOH): US$368.00

[Limited] SHISAI KAMON Yunomi - pair (handcrafted Teacup): US$117.00 SHISAI KAMON Yunomi have not only sophisticated but unique atmosphere like nostalgic early-modern Japan. These Yunomi are created by a technique called MISHIMA. It is one of the traditional techniques of Kyo Yaki... (Single: click below) [Limted] SHISAI KAMON Yunomi (handcrafted Teacup: 140ml): US$67.00

[Limited] FUJIYAMA - SAKURA/TAKI (handcrafted teacup: pair): US$98.00 This Yunomi is a long-selling favorite in Japan for more than 20 years. Turned upside down, each Yunomi looks like Mt. Fuji. SUSONO and MIHO are both famous views of Mt. Fuji. GOHIRA no SAKURA and SHIRAITO no TAKI are both very famous spots around Mt. Fuji...

[Limited] SHINOGI MARU Yunomi (handcrafted Teacup: pair): US$74.00 Porcelain tea cup, which has quite gentle and tender atmosphere like this SHINOGI MARU Yunomi, is very rare. Visual impression, hand and mouth feel, and so on are mysteriously quite gentle and tender...

[Limited] TOKUSA Yunomi (handcrafted tea cup: pair): US$65.00 These are simple, plain, and refined Yunomi. The thin, lightweight porcelain enhances the good flavor of the tea. TOKUSA of this name is a traditional Japanese pattern, which is in the motif of the plant known as horsetail or Equisetum...

[New] Tea Scoop SAKURA Pewter (Sami): US$8.00 Our Tea Scoop is very useful for measuring tea leaves from Chazutsu or other tea container and when placing tea leaves into the Kyusu teapot. The shape is simple and attractive. SAKURA cherry blossom is the most loved flower in Japan...

[New] YOHKAN (sweet bean jelly): US$17.50

YOHKAN sweet bean jelly is one of the most popular and classic confections in Japan along with OHIGASHI candy and OKAKI rice cracker. Indeed AN bean jam, which is the main ingredient of YOHKAN, is the most essential ingredient of WAGASHI traditional Japanese confections. It has a unique texture and sweetness which pairs well with all kinds of Japanese tea.
We developed four flavors of YOHKAN with an established AN bean jam manufacturer located in Kyoto. Our four flavors of YOHKAN are manufactured with careful attention to quality and domestic ingredients...
(visit the shopping page: click here)

Starting from the left to right, OHSHIMA, OGURA, YUZU, and UME		Wrapped and decorated with WASHI Japanese paper

YOHKAN (sweet bean jelly) US$17.50 shopping page: click here
Japanese Snacks / Candy shopping category: click here

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Ujitawara, Kyoto 610-0221
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