When you switch to drinking loose leaf tea, you instantly get overwhelmed by thousands of different types. Are tea types and tea varieties the same thing?

Essential words you should know if you are a Japanese tea lover and want to buy tea online.

To brew the perfect cup of tea, the most important thing to pay attention to is buying quality loose leaf tea, using good water, having patience and a good teapot.

With so many cheap options out there, you might be very reluctant to pay high prices for a green tea powder. Why is matcha so expensive?

Flavoring and scenting teas in the East and West has experienced many changes throughout the years - from using flavors to cover up bad quality leaves, to creating an art out of blending/scenting/flavoring process.

The best Genmaicha is here.

Very personal reasons for falling in love with matcha

Night time tea rituals.

Learn how to make your own Genmai-cha tea, the toasted, brown rice green tea.

The radiation leaks from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant has greatly impacted Japan's Tea Market.

Here is a list of the top 7 most popular green teas.

Matcha green tea is a good choice, and a healthy tea to drink if you like different types of green teas.

The tea production slow down is making tea prices go up quickly.

The major tea growing regions of Japan.

Consumers of Japanese goods around the world are responding to the tragic tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis in Japan with fears of radiation contamination. Should tea enthusiasts be worried as well?