Kimberley's Kyusu
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Hi, I'm Kimberley, I'm the tea nerd/enthusiast behind Kimberley's Kyusu. This blog is dedicated to everything tea and my main aim with it is to try and cover every single aspect of the tea world. I started this blog because I wanted a creative outlet that I could use to channel my love for tea and help me learn more about it.
Kimberley's Kyusu
1w ago
Every once in a while I come across a tea that has such a incredibly unique set of tasting notes that there is not an ounce of doubt in my mind that I need to post about it, so I can ensure that as many people as possible know about said tea and hopefully get ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
1M ago
It’s the last matcha Monday of June, wow were getting through this year fast aren’t we? I feel like I blinked at the end of March and landed at the end of June. Despite the amplified speed that time seems to be passing at, I have still been sipping on lots of fantastic tea including ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
1M ago
When it comes to Sencha, I have sipped and sampled my way through many since the start of my journey with Japanese tea, and I still continue to do so, despite having favourites I regularly return to because there is always something new to try, be it from a new farm / garden, a different ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
2M ago
Every other month since the start of this year, I have been posting instalments for my Garden Glimpses series, of which the aim is to shine a spotlight on a specific tea garden / farm in each post. Previously I have discussed Azuma Tea Garden and Tarui Tea Farm and today I will be focusing ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
2M ago
It’s Matcha Monday and this week I want to introduce you to Azuma Tea Farms’ Wazuka No Asahi Matcha, which is part of their single cultivar range available on the Yunomi website. Over the last two years, I have been focusing on trying as many matchas from this range as possible and while I definitely ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
3M ago
It’s Matcha Monday, so to celebrate the start of a new (and hopefully much warmer week), I want to introduce you to Kiroku Tea Farm and their single cultivar Asanoka Matcha from Wazuka, Kyoto. Produced by Tencha farmers from Wazuka, Kyoto, sisters Ui and Megumi Hori, along with their mother, this is a small batch ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
4M ago
In January I started a brand new series titled Garden Glimpses, a series in which each post focuses on a single Japanese tea garden / farm, highlighting the work they are doing alongside my personal experiences with them and the teas that I have had the chance to sample from them over the years since ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
5M ago
Happy Matcha Monday! For a while, I have been wanting to try a wider selection of the matchas that Obubu Tea Farms currently stocks. So when I came across a sampler set featuring five of their matchas when browsing the Yunomi website and putting together my most recent order, I jumped at the chance to ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
6M ago
The main focus of my blog over the last few years has been to shine a light onto Japanese tea and help as many people as possible gain in depth knowledge of the Japanese tea industry while aiming to support Japanese tea farms / farmers of all sizes. So during this year I’ll be continuing ..read more
Kimberley's Kyusu
6M ago
Ippodo Tea is a family-run Japanese tea company that was founded in 1717, in the heart of Kyoto. More than just a retailer, Ippodo is a multi-faceted tea company that carefully selects, blends and crafts its tea. The name Ippodo, literally means “preserve one.” The name came from Prince Yamashina, who enjoyed Ippodo tea and wanted ..read more