Wow! So many different types. This article is a very handy summary and introduction to the varieties and how to prepare them. I think I'd like to try Gyokuro. Do you have any recommendations for online stores that sell good quality Japanese green teas? I've found a couple of stores here in Australia that sell Gyokuro... but would be very happy to buy direct from Japan producers to get the best quality tea.
Thank you so much for your comment! I actually love Gyokuro too—it's such a rich, umami-packed tea when brewed right. I used to be an ambassador for a really high-quality Japanese tea brand, so I’ll reach out to them and check if they ship internationally. If they do, I’ll definitely let you know! And I’ll also look into a few other trustworthy producers in Japan and get back to you with some options soon!
So happy I could finally sit down and read this guide! It was so nice to learn more about some of the other regional varieties that I'd always briefly heard names of but never fully understood where they sit in relation to each other - I will look for fukamushicha when I go back to Japan in Oct/Nov. Also the feature by Kana on the last tea maker is a good article - I hope more people enjoy that piece too.
Also looking forward to your stories about Obubu - I've followed them for years and briefly considered doing an internship before life locked me in place. I was however luck to visit for a tea tour pre-pandemic and enjoyed some kabusecha <3
I’m so glad you had time to read it — thank you so much! I love that you’re planning to look for fukamushicha on your next trip! And yes, I loved Kana’s feature on the last tea maker too, I hope more people discover it too!
I’m crazy about hojicha and genmaicha. I’ve never been to Japan but I remember visiting the Japanese tea garden in San Francisco many times and savoring delicious freshly brewed hojicha.
Miki/Xhoni, I love it (Miki/Eva). I am out on this now. If communication would fail, please let me know.
This, of course, is outside our (your) elaborate works in medicine, Japan overall and my loving stands to Japanese Culture and Spiritual endeavouring and accomplishments.
The daughter of a good friend (lady) of mine will travel to Japan and Korea in the near future. (7 weeks overall) I coach and support her in years meanwhile (18 years of age). She is an active and good piano player, has payed a 7 month visit to Thailand working there in social fields of purposeful engagements. I share substack and medium.com essays to support her progress in Life. She will study at a college (Germany) Tourism and International Business Affairs after her return. I sent your Essay on Japanese Green Tea over to her.
Visiting Japan Before Mid-October? Don’t Miss Osaka! Expo 2025 Starts Today — Top 10 Must-See Exhibits... will also reach out on her.
May be you can get in touch once she is in Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka...
Thank you so much for your comment and for sharing about your friend’s daughter! It sounds like such a meaningful journey she’s on! I hope she enjoys the post, and thank you again for passing it along.
Once her travel plans to Japan are confirmed, please don’t hesitate to reach out—I’d be happy to connect when she’s in Kyoto, Tokyo, or Osaka!
And regarding the paid subscription, no rush at all. I’ll start posting paid content next week, so if you have any suggestions or topics you’d like to see covered, I’d love to hear them!
Japanese Healthy Food range is broad. You pick an outstaning segment from this field, in Green Tea. Your knowledge and diligent work on this nutricious element of ceremonial relevance in Japan is impressive. I do learn a lot from your essay.
Away from that I tried to become a subscriber of your work on annual basis. However, my browser rejected payment process. I will now reinstate the process on another secure browser system.
I hope you are doing well in times of lively and vigorous striving,
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm truly happy to hear that you enjoyed the piece on Japanese green tea—it's one of my favorite topics to explore, especially as someone deeply connected to both Japan and health. As a Japanese native soon to become a medical doctor, sharing the intersection of culture and wellness is something I care deeply about.
Regarding the paid subscription, thank you for trying! I believe the issue may have been on my side earlier, but it should be resolved now—others have been able to subscribe successfully. Please let me know if you run into any issues again.
As I prepare upcoming content for my paid newsletter, I’d love to hear what topics you'd be most excited to read about—whether it's traditional Japanese health practices, longevity secrets, or modern wellness trends or hidden tourist spots in Japan.
remember I commented on your business plans within scope of Health Treatment for strangers (Tourists) visiting Japan (Ningen Dock, Onsen, Shirin-Yoku - Wellness as Part of Japanese Culture 05.04.2025)...
You now try and get impulse for your newsletter, what "I" would like to get insight on...Please forget what I prefer (me, I am part of outside world). You take control and decide Your Way and content you want to write about. You need to give your performance a clear meaningful, relevant structure. (--> meditation) Sit in quiet and work your consciousness. Mindful acting is essential by integrating the Five Senses. So you will feel and know exactly what aspect is of foremost, sequential relevance.
You are in the driver's seat.
You are young, many ideas, thoughts and triggerings are out there. Get away from deviation, distraction and stay on Your Path.
Remember the substack.com activities are just meant for your inner development and effort to get a clear structure for your business Aspirations. In other words, a communication and impulse platform.
Thank you for your comment! I just saw your newsletter, and although I’ve never tried Misugaru Latte before, it looks amazing. Thanks so much for sharing—can’t wait to try it sometime!
Wow! So many different types. This article is a very handy summary and introduction to the varieties and how to prepare them. I think I'd like to try Gyokuro. Do you have any recommendations for online stores that sell good quality Japanese green teas? I've found a couple of stores here in Australia that sell Gyokuro... but would be very happy to buy direct from Japan producers to get the best quality tea.
Thank you so much for your comment! I actually love Gyokuro too—it's such a rich, umami-packed tea when brewed right. I used to be an ambassador for a really high-quality Japanese tea brand, so I’ll reach out to them and check if they ship internationally. If they do, I’ll definitely let you know! And I’ll also look into a few other trustworthy producers in Japan and get back to you with some options soon!
Thank you - that would be wonderful
So happy I could finally sit down and read this guide! It was so nice to learn more about some of the other regional varieties that I'd always briefly heard names of but never fully understood where they sit in relation to each other - I will look for fukamushicha when I go back to Japan in Oct/Nov. Also the feature by Kana on the last tea maker is a good article - I hope more people enjoy that piece too.
Also looking forward to your stories about Obubu - I've followed them for years and briefly considered doing an internship before life locked me in place. I was however luck to visit for a tea tour pre-pandemic and enjoyed some kabusecha <3
I’m so glad you had time to read it — thank you so much! I love that you’re planning to look for fukamushicha on your next trip! And yes, I loved Kana’s feature on the last tea maker too, I hope more people discover it too!
And I’ll definitely be sharing more stories too!
I’m crazy about hojicha and genmaicha. I’ve never been to Japan but I remember visiting the Japanese tea garden in San Francisco many times and savoring delicious freshly brewed hojicha.
Same here! I actually had hojicha just yesterday, and I’m sipping genmaicha right now!
I really hope you’ll get to visit Japan someday—there are so many amazing teas I’d love to recommend to you when you do!
I really hope so too, Japan has been on my list for so long! I’d love to learn more about your tea recommendations.
Yes, I’ll definitely write more deeply about my tea recommendations sometime soon! So excited to share them with you!
Looking forward to it.
Miki/Xhoni,
this is to furnish contact details of Eva Leibl.
She is the one travelling to Japan (Tokyo/Kyoto) and Korea, as of May 13th., 2025 ff Tokyo.
Phone +49 176 865 46469 - pls. use whatsapp preferably, yet.
Email: leibleva@gmail.com
She was asking whether you would be in or around Tokyo, when she will be there...
If we had your phone or individual email address this would smoothly integrate communication.
Namasté, Xhoni
Thank you so much for connecting me with Eva!
I just sent her an email and introduced myself, since I will be in Tokyo in May!
Miki/Xhoni, I love it (Miki/Eva). I am out on this now. If communication would fail, please let me know.
This, of course, is outside our (your) elaborate works in medicine, Japan overall and my loving stands to Japanese Culture and Spiritual endeavouring and accomplishments.
Namasté, Xhoni
Miki/Xhoni,
I will try payment again.
The daughter of a good friend (lady) of mine will travel to Japan and Korea in the near future. (7 weeks overall) I coach and support her in years meanwhile (18 years of age). She is an active and good piano player, has payed a 7 month visit to Thailand working there in social fields of purposeful engagements. I share substack and medium.com essays to support her progress in Life. She will study at a college (Germany) Tourism and International Business Affairs after her return. I sent your Essay on Japanese Green Tea over to her.
Visiting Japan Before Mid-October? Don’t Miss Osaka! Expo 2025 Starts Today — Top 10 Must-See Exhibits... will also reach out on her.
May be you can get in touch once she is in Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka...
Timing of her trip is yet unknown to me.
Namasté, Xhoni
Thank you so much for your comment and for sharing about your friend’s daughter! It sounds like such a meaningful journey she’s on! I hope she enjoys the post, and thank you again for passing it along.
Once her travel plans to Japan are confirmed, please don’t hesitate to reach out—I’d be happy to connect when she’s in Kyoto, Tokyo, or Osaka!
And regarding the paid subscription, no rush at all. I’ll start posting paid content next week, so if you have any suggestions or topics you’d like to see covered, I’d love to hear them!
Miki/Xhoni,
rejected.... "Your account cannot currently make live charges."
My payment device is working properly. I lokk puzzled.
Xhoni
I’ve just replied in the other thread—I hope it goes through!
Miki/Xhoni,
Japanese Healthy Food range is broad. You pick an outstaning segment from this field, in Green Tea. Your knowledge and diligent work on this nutricious element of ceremonial relevance in Japan is impressive. I do learn a lot from your essay.
Away from that I tried to become a subscriber of your work on annual basis. However, my browser rejected payment process. I will now reinstate the process on another secure browser system.
I hope you are doing well in times of lively and vigorous striving,
Namasté, Xhoni
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm truly happy to hear that you enjoyed the piece on Japanese green tea—it's one of my favorite topics to explore, especially as someone deeply connected to both Japan and health. As a Japanese native soon to become a medical doctor, sharing the intersection of culture and wellness is something I care deeply about.
Regarding the paid subscription, thank you for trying! I believe the issue may have been on my side earlier, but it should be resolved now—others have been able to subscribe successfully. Please let me know if you run into any issues again.
As I prepare upcoming content for my paid newsletter, I’d love to hear what topics you'd be most excited to read about—whether it's traditional Japanese health practices, longevity secrets, or modern wellness trends or hidden tourist spots in Japan.
Miki/Xhoni,
remember I commented on your business plans within scope of Health Treatment for strangers (Tourists) visiting Japan (Ningen Dock, Onsen, Shirin-Yoku - Wellness as Part of Japanese Culture 05.04.2025)...
You now try and get impulse for your newsletter, what "I" would like to get insight on...Please forget what I prefer (me, I am part of outside world). You take control and decide Your Way and content you want to write about. You need to give your performance a clear meaningful, relevant structure. (--> meditation) Sit in quiet and work your consciousness. Mindful acting is essential by integrating the Five Senses. So you will feel and know exactly what aspect is of foremost, sequential relevance.
You are in the driver's seat.
You are young, many ideas, thoughts and triggerings are out there. Get away from deviation, distraction and stay on Your Path.
Remember the substack.com activities are just meant for your inner development and effort to get a clear structure for your business Aspirations. In other words, a communication and impulse platform.
Namasté, Xhoni
Thank you so much for your continued encouragement and guidance!
Love this! Reminds me of the Misugaru Korean multigrain latte recipe I adapted from tranquil NYC café DAE for easy home brewing!
check it out:
https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/get-dae-cafes-recipe-misugaru-latte
Thank you for your comment! I just saw your newsletter, and although I’ve never tried Misugaru Latte before, it looks amazing. Thanks so much for sharing—can’t wait to try it sometime!