Making Awabancha

National Hand Rolling Competition + Shizuoka road trip

A recap of the 2025 National Hand Rolling Competition plus the different places we visited the next day with some farmers from Wazuka. Places we visited: Chaya Suzuwa [https://www.chaya-suzuwa.jp/?ref=teanursery.com] Soba restaurant 田梅 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/kYTuKFnXEtvZEwkb7?ref=teanursery.com] Yamaka Ocha [https://yamaka-ocha.com/?ref=teanursery.com] Imuraen [https://imuraen.jp/?ref=teanursery.com] Hatsukame Brewery [https://hatsukame.jp/?ref=teanursery.com] Check our book: Japanese Tea Cultivars: A Comprehensive Guide [https://teanursery.gumroad.com/l/JapaneseTeaCultivarsAComprehensiveGuide?ref=teanursery.com] Join our Discord Server [https://discord.gg/pvH8s6mPps?ref=teanursery.com] Visit the blog at www.teanursery.com [https://www.teanursery.com]. www.teanursery.com

Pre-State of the Nursery 2025

A pre-state of the Nursery talk. Talking about somethings that have been going on in the website this past year and future plans. All while pruning some trees, hunting wasps and going through spiderwebs. * Discord Server [https://DiscordServer] * Curated Podcast List [https://lnns.co/RoaqVyYsC2p] * Alex Dwyer on the golden age of Tea podcast [https://open.substack.com/pub/teawithdweez/p/sane-cha-the-poetic-choice-a-shincha?r=b83lk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false] (and much more) * Japanese Tea Cultivars: A Comprehensive Guide [https://teanursery.gumroad.com/l/JapaneseTeaCultivarsAComprehensiveGuide?ref=teanursery.com] The Minami Sayaka Sun dried Tea mentioned at the end is produced by Mitocha Tea Farm in Nara.

Making Awabancha

Finally, the episode on Awabancha making, I lost a few recordings of the fields, etc. So I re-recorded it while working at the beginning of autumn on the way to do some trimming in a field. Things mentioned during the episode: * Kanji Nakata-san interview with People of Tea [https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/people-of-tea/id1809774313?l=en-US&i=1000710868792] * Eating Wild Japan by Winifred Bird [https://oku.club/book/eating-wild-japan-by-winifred-bird-vB4e1?ref=native-share] Visit the blog at www.teanursery.com [https://www.teanursery.com]. www.teanursery.com [https://www.teanursery.com]

The harvest begins, reading the leaves and a long forgotten episode

This episode is the only one I managed to record during the spring harvest. In this episode, we talk about the initial thoughts on the harvest, and you will visit the fields with me to read the leaves. More to come; now we are diving into the summer harvest already. The second part is recorded in the fields and there is a bit of wind interference, enjoy! Visit the blog at: www.teanursery.com [https://www.teanursery.com]

Shading starts, handpicking event and countdown to harvest

Recorded on April 16th. On this episode I talk about the start of the roof shading process and reapair at work, how the growth is going and the expectations towards harvest at the end of the month. The day of recording we participated in the Wazuka Handrolling Preservation Society hand-pickign and hand-rolling event as well. You can read the blog at: www.teanursery.com [https://www.teanursery.com]