Hand-picking Japanese Green Tea (shin-cha)
The best Japanese green tea is shin-cha or “new tea” which is the year’s first harvest. May is the tea harvest season throughout most of Japan and many farmers take special care to select the best leaves for use in making shin-cha. While hiking in the hills near our home we met a nice family who were spending the day picking shin-cha the old fashioned way, by hand. Most Japanese farmers use machines to harvest the tea and it was a real treat for us to have a chance to watch this family bring …
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May 4th, 2007 at 1:03 am
What treat to see this. Everything is so beautiful and green too! Emily is growing up too!
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
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August 8th, 2008 at 5:10 am
shin-cha is chinese for new tea
October 28th, 2008 at 1:34 am
*japanese
December 9th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I didn’t know any place in Japan still hand picking tea and not for the tourist attration.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
absolutely wonderful…you’ve brought a tear to my eye. Tea is the 8th wonder of the world.
June 13th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Hello monkeysmack, I’m happy to hear that you liked the video. Meeting this nice family and experiencing the hand-picking process was very meaningful to my family and I. I’m delighted we could share this experience with you. -Kurt
June 19th, 2009 at 9:55 am
nice video . is lipton green tea healthy too ?
June 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Hello toukab, Thanks for letting me know you liked the video. I’m afraid that I do not know much about commercial green teas and am not sure of the health value of these. Perhaps someone more knowledgably will chime in with an answer. -Kurt
September 1st, 2009 at 2:43 am
I’m drinking shin cha riight now!!
September 4th, 2009 at 2:41 am
I used to drink tons of Arizona green tea, lipton iced tea and others of that sort. After trying organic green tea from Japan, there is an immediate difference. It definitely relaxes me, and feel a difference in my stress level.