Après une très longue interruption (le premier volet de ce carnet de voyage remonte à 2018!), j’avais envie de me replonger dans ce périple à la découverte de l’inimitable matcha, un thé qui suscite toujours beaucoup de curiosité dans nos comptoirs. Voici donc le deuxième volet de mon dernier voyage au pays du Soleil Levant : suivez-moi à Kyoto et Uji, pour lever le voile sur les secrets de fabrication du fameux thé en poudre nippon !
Travel diary
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Darjeeling : aux sources du « champagne du thé »9366 Views
L’Inde tient pour moi une place toute particulière parmi les pays de thé : c’est la destination que j’ai choisie pour mon tout premier voyage spécifiquement lié à l’univers du thé, en avril 2009, quelques mois après avoir ouvert le premier comptoir L’Autre Thé. Si j’y suis retourné depuis, ce voyage à la découverte d’une nature luxuriante et d’un pays emprunt de spiritualité est toujours cher à ma mémoire. À l’occasion de l’arrivée des Darjeeling primeurs de printemps cette année (et à défaut...
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Incredible dragon wings...7891 Views
Rare, wild, one of a kind... Vietnam teas offer true treasures, as this brand new 2020 first flush tea testifies: let us introduce to you a wild plain green tea with amazing flavours.
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VIETNAM: flavouring jasmine tea with the "enfleurage" technique9013 Views
I am just back from Vietnam and wish to share with you what makes our organic "Jasmin Impérial" tea, grown and produced in this country, distinctive and delightful. It is flavoured with a handmade traditional technique not very well known in Europe and called "enfleurage". I went on-site to unveil all the secrets of this delicate flavouring technique. Ready to join me in the jasmine land?
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VIETNAM: Colourful encounters7563 Views
Second stage of my adventures in Northern Vietnam: I chose to set the tea aside for a little while, the time to share a special moment with the children of Nam Hong primary school. I met them within the framework of a project dedicated to bring arts to children in remote areas, and I am very committed to make this project durable.
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VIETNAM: fairies and dragons6809 Views
Before I go further into my matcha adventures in Japan, let's make the most of the recent good news we have just received: two of our Vietnamese teas have just been awarded! The perfect occasion to tell you the story behind these rare and very special teas, that grows wildly high in the mountain in a truly magical soil.
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JAPAN: in the land of matcha - 1/38530 Views
I am always thrilled to go back to Japan. This country keeps fascinating me over and over: everything there amazes my eyes of western traveller. I went back this time to visit matcha producers. Maybe you guessed it right when reading the first post of this blog! Matcha is a bright green tea powder, and is so representative of the strong link between contemporary Japan and tea customs and traditions that I decided to take some time to share what makes it so special. I started my...
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