2013年07月01日
Tea Making
Thanks to former owner, I have favorable size of Japanese tea plantation. In June, new tea can be picked up. I heard people use to pickup tea and bring into tea processing factory in next village but recently they don’t do this much. Why? Buying tea is more convenient and cheap. Money economy exists in far backcountry too. Most of Japanese teas sold in the store are not hand picked but machine cut. Large plantation like in Shizuoka makes good and rational price tea.
My tea plantation
Since I like making beverages, I decided to pick up leaves and make tea. Current major tea making process is heat with steam first and then roasts with press and stir. On the other hand, very local factory and traditional farmer has process called ‘Kama-Iri’ which is roast in metal pod. This processed tea is called ‘Kama-Iri Cha’. Since this process is more simple (but can not make a lot at once like big steam process factory), I decided to follow this process. Since large size is comfortable and easy to handle, I bought antique metal pod for Kama-Iri, which was used in Kagoshima where Kama-Iri was quite popular. There used be larger version of metal pod with stir rolling tealeaves but never saw it in antique seller or auction.
Tea leaves
If you want to create Japanese green tea, then do any of those processes as soon as you pick up leaves. If you put picked leaves a side for long time, it will be changed to something like oolong tea since it is half ferment by tea leave ingredient itself. Roasting those half fermented tea smells so nice.
Kama-Iri Cha
Since tea tree is very tough, I recommend growing if you have enough space but further north is difficult.
Since tea tree is very tough, I recommend growing if you have enough space but further north is difficult.
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