Jill’s Kyoto tea report

Posted: May 4th, 2011 | Author: Tomomi | Filed under: News, Teas | No Comments »

Hi. This is Tomomi from roji tea lounge with the green tea newsletter. (If you like to receive this newsletter along with our store updates, please sign up from right hand side form. )

Sorry for the long absence… again. -_-; I was occupied with Earthquake Charity events and have been working on 2nd location opening in June 2011.

Here is current crop information for first flush if you are concerned about Fukushima Nulclear Plant.

http://rojitealounge.com/japanese-tea-news/

New flush is coming out soon.

Today’s topic:

Tea shops in Kyoto

If you missed the last newsletter of my favorite tea treasure spots in Kyoto, here is the list.

http://rojitealounge.com/my-favorite-tea-places-in-kyoto/

This is even better. Blog of our customer Jill (She won the roji customer of the year couple years back!). I gave her the list before she went to Japan and she has made an awesome report on those places! You definitely feel that you are there reading her stories… ^~^ She was very kind to give me approval to share with you all.

=Here is what Jill wrote=

Here’s the one when we went to Fukujuen Kyoto and Ippodo on my big birthday tea day (the day starts out at Fushimi Inari taisha, so you have to skip past that): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/day-8-sep-17-kyoto-2nd-day/

And here’s when we went to Nagatake once we returned to Kyoto (it comes up a few times, both in the “what we did” section and in more detail in the later “what we ate” section): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/day-17-sep-26-hiroshima-to-kyoto-again/

And here’s a quick shout-out to your green tea cake (it’s buried in the post somewhere, sorry): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/day-4-sep-13-nakasendo-day-2-to-narai-juku/

And here’s where I reflect on how important tea was to me during the trip: http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/thoughts-on-the-trip-part-two/

Finally, you might be amused by the day I have affectionately called The Great Shizuoka Fail, when we did not see the Tea Museum around Shizuoka but did still see the giant Gundam (does Kai like giant robots?): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/day-19-sep-28-kyoto-2-3-day-trip-to-shizuoka/

=End of What Jill wrote=

Gundam is a fun extra page.

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[After Note]

So… yes. New location is opening soon. I feel so great about this place too that we have been connecting with so many people who care to offer natural ingredients in different field in this modern time. It seems like we are all magnets that like minded people find each other. It’s been an amazing ride so far. If you know anyone who is interested in working there for at least a year (not just summer help please…), please send me an email.

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Thank you for reading.

Sincerely,

–Tomomi at roji tea lounge

Specialty Tea Institute Certified

Japanese Tea Certified

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