皆さま今年の新茶、飲まれましたか?
4月末に長崎県東そのぎ町、大山製茶園さんの畑へ茶摘みに行きました。
全国茶品評会で日本一を獲得するほどの美味しさです。
全国茶品評会で日本一を獲得するほどの美味しさです。
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The tea farm is in the mountains with the view of Omura bay.Sometimes we can find pheasants walking around there.
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The tea leaves that we harvest this
time are for the competition.
We pick up "the top two leaves and a bud" of the tea plant.
This part contain Amino acids a lot,
time are for the competition.
We pick up "the top two leaves and a bud" of the tea plant.
This part contain Amino acids a lot,
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Amimo acids are source of good taste"Umami"
The"Umami" of this tea is popular overseas.
The"Umami" of this tea is popular overseas.
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One picking is 0.2g.
Our goal was to harvest 40kg.
So nearly a hundred people picked
up one after another,listening to Uguisu singing.
Our goal was to harvest 40kg.
So nearly a hundred people picked
up one after another,listening to Uguisu singing.
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Sometimes We concentrated picking,and Sometimes took a break while chatting.
So We worked together for a long time,Strangely,we felt a sense of unity.
So We worked together for a long time,Strangely,we felt a sense of unity.
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And I found their feeling "We like these teas so much and we want to join the tea harvest."
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At the shop"CHARAKU",I saw a woman who bought teas a lot.She said"I can't drink other teas since I had drunk these teas."
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And at the annual exhibition in Netherland,there is a man who visit the booth every years.
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Mr.Ooyama is committed to grow very much.I asked him "Why do you commit like that?"
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He said "There are many people who need our teas."
I thought this spirit is the reason that these teas are loved by people all of the world.
I thought this spirit is the reason that these teas are loved by people all of the world.