Do you know what “Asanomi” means? In Japan the morning is called “asa”, and “asa” is a part of the name of three Japanese tea bush varietals, namely Asahi, Asatsuyu and Asanoka. Two of them are Shutaro Hayashi’s most favorite tea bush varietals, namely “Asanoka” and “Asatsuyu”. While Asanoka means “the fragrance of the morning”, the translation of the Japanese tea cultivar Asatsuyu is “morning dew”. It is not just that the names are beautiful, also the teas of these […]
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